Interferon-γ and host susceptibility to tuberculosis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 946-947

  Bellamy, Richard ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P40; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; STAT1 PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLOSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRATIFICATION;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0037385118     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2301005     Document Type: Editorial

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