Regulatory region polymorphisms of vitamin D receptor gene in pulmonary tuberculosis patients and normal healthy subjects of south India

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-254

  Selvaraj, P ^a   Alagarasu, K ^a   Harishankar, M ^a   Vidyarani, M ^a   Narayanan, P R ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 43549100003     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2008.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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