Un polymorphisme fréquent dans le promoteur d’un chimio-attractant des monocytes modifie la susceptibilité á la tuberculose pulmonaire

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 571-572

  Tamouza, Ryad ^a   Labie, Dominique ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1;

ARTICLE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MONOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REFERENCE VALUE;

CHEMOKINE CCL2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MONOCYTES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REFERENCE VALUES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33748641215     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: 19585381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20062267571     Document Type: Article

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