Association of a missense mutation of the laminin α2 gene with tuberculoid type of leprosy in Indonesian patients

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 631-636

  Wibawa, Tri ^a   Soebono, Hardyanto ^a   Matsuo, Masafumi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genotype; Indonesia; LAMA2; Leprosy; Missense mutation; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DNA; LAMININ; LAMININ ALPHA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

LEPROSY; MUTATION;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDONESIA; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDONESIA; LAMININ; LEPROSY, TUBERCULOID; MUTATION, MISSENSE; ODDS RATIO;

INDONESIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036304541     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00908.x     Document Type: Article

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