Sequence variations in the MBL gene and their relationship to pulmonary tuberculosis in the Chinese Han population

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1098-1103

  Liu, W ^a   Zhang, F ^a   Xin, Z T ^b   Zhao, Q M ^a   Wu, X M ^a   Zhang, P H ^a   De Vlas, S ^c   Richardus, J H ^c   Habbema, J D F ^c   Yang, H ^a   Cao, Wu Chun ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case control study; Haplotype; Mannan binding lectin; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

MANNAN BINDING LECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33749491447     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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