No association between the +874T/A single nucleotide polymorphism in the IFN-γ gene and susceptibility to TB

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-115

  Moran, A ^a   Ma, X ^a   Reich, R A ^a   Graviss, Edward A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitary; Extra pulmonary; IFN ; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TEXAS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33846186305     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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