Yeast infections - Human genetics on the rise

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 1798-1801

  Holland, Steven M ^a   Vinh, Donald C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE POLYENDOCRINOPATHY CANDIDIASIS ECTODERMAL DYSTROPHY; EDITORIAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MUCOCUTANEOUS CANDIDIASIS; MYCOSIS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THRUSH; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; YEAST;

AGE OF ONSET; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CANDIDIASIS, CHRONIC MUCOCUTANEOUS; CARD SIGNALING ADAPTOR PROTEINS; CODON, NONSENSE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS;

EID: 70350539311     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0907186     Document Type: Editorial

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