Apolipoprotein E-ε2 confers risk of pulmonary tuberculosis in women from the Indian subcontinent - A preliminary study

Journal of Infection

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-222

  Wozniak, Matthew A ^a   Maude, Richard J ^b,c   Innes, John A ^b   Hawkey, Peter M ^d   Itzhaki, Ruth F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2;

FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INDIAN; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INDIA; MALE;

APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 69949106692     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.07.003     Document Type: Letter

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