HLA linked with leprosy in southern China; HLA-linked resistance alleles to leprosy

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 403-408

  Wang, Li Man ^a   Kimura, Akinori ^a   Satoh, Manatsu ^a   Mineshita, Satoru ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

CHINA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DR2 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; LEPROSY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE;

EID: 0033389811     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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