Linkage of tuberculosis to chromosome 2q35 loci, including NRAMP1, in a large Aboriginal Canadian family

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 405-416

  Greenwood, Celia M T ^a   Fujiwara, T Mary ^a,b   Boothroyd, Lucy J ^a   Miller, Mark A ^a   Frappier, Danielle ^b   Fanning, E Anne ^c   Schurr, Erwin ^a,b   Morgan, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033853675     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303012     Document Type: Article

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