Variations in the NRAMP1 gene and susceptibility of tuberculosis in Taiwanese

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 454-460

  Liaw, Y S ^a   Tsai Wu, J J ^a   Wu, C H ^a   Hung, C C ^a   Lee, C N ^a   Yang, P C ^a   Luh, K T ^a   Kuo, Sow Hsong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

HIV infection; NRAMP1; Susceptibility; Taiwan; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036248837     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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