Association of functional mutant homozygotes of the mannose binding protein gene with susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis in India

Tubercle and Lung Disease

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 221-227

  Selvaraj, P ^a   Narayanan, P R ^a   Reetha, A M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; MANNOSE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0032878020     PISSN: 09628479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tuld.1999.0204     Document Type: Article

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