Association of nramp1 polymorphism with leprosy type but not susceptibility to leprosy per se in West Africans

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 733-735

  Meisner, S J ^a   Mucklow, S ^a   Warner, G ^a   Sow, S O ^a   Lienhardt, C ^a   Hill, A V S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; MURINAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0035681110     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2001.65.733     Document Type: Article

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