Imbalanced distribution of GM immunoglobulin allotypes according to the clinical presentation of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Beninese children

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 198, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1892-1895

  Migot Nabias, Florence ^a,c   Noukpo, Julien M ^a   Guitard, Evelyne ^b   Doritchamou, Justin ^a   Garcia, André ^a   Dugoujon, Jean Michel ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c UR 010 ^*  (Benin)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOTYPE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BENIN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM GROUP GM SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BENIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GM ALLOTYPES; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 56749131183     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593210     Document Type: Article

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