NRAMP1 genetic polymorphisms as a risk factor of tuberculous pleurisy

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 370-375

  Kim, J H ^a   Lee, S Y ^a   Lee, S H ^a   Sin, C ^a   Shim, Jae Jeong ^a,b   In, K H ^a   Yoo, S H ^a   Kang, K H ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Nramp1 protein; Pleural; Polymorphism; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTANT; NRAMP1 GENE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PLEURA BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ADULT; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ODDS RATIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 0037387420     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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