Allelic distribution of human leucocyte antigen in historical and recently diagnosed tuberculosis patients in Southern Italy

Immunology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 318-322

  Ruggiero, Giuseppina ^a,c   Cosentini, Elena ^b   Zanzi, Delia ^a   Sanna, Veronica ^a   Terrazzano, Giuseppe ^a   Matarese, Giuseppe ^d   Sanduzzi, Alessandro ^c   Perna, Francesco ^c   Zappacosta, Serafino ^a  

^a Cattedra di Immunologia   (Italy)

^b Dipto Biol e Patol Cell e Molec   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A2 ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLELE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-A2 ANTIGEN; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DR4 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMOTHORAX, ARTIFICIAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 1642410859     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2004.01811.x     Document Type: Article

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