Susceptibility to tuberculosis as a complex genetic trait: Analysis using recombinant congenic strains of mice

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn , Issue 217, 1998, Pages 120-137

  Kramnik, Igor ^a   Demant, Peter ^b   Bloom, Barry B ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032233316     PISSN: 15282511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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