Severe hepatic fibrosis in Schistosoma mansoni infection is controlled by a major locus that is closely linked to the interferon-γ receptor gene

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 709-721

  Dessein, Alain J ^a,e   Hillaire, Dominique ^a   Elwali, Nasr Eldin M A ^a,c   Marquet, Sandrine ^a   Mohamed Ali, Qurashi ^b   Mirghani, Adil ^a   Henri, Sandrine ^a   Abdelhameed, Ahmed A ^c   Saeed, Osman K ^c   Magzoub, Mubarak M A ^c   Abel, Laurent ^d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 5Q; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; PEDIGREE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALIA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0033362149     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302526     Document Type: Article

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