Natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 polymorphisms are associated with microscopy-positive tuberculosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 517-521

  Søborg, Christian ^a   Andersen, Aase B ^b   Madsen, Hans O ^a   Kok Jensen, Axel ^c   Skinhøj, Peter ^b   Garred, Peter ^a  

^a Department of Clinical Immunology   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DENMARK; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037103534     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/341775     Document Type: Article

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