Evidence for an association of HLA-DRB115 and DRB109 with leprosy and the impact of DRB109 on disease onset in a Chinese Han population

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Furen ^a,b   Liu, Hong ^a   Chen, Shumin ^a   Wang, Changyuan ^a   Zhu, Chuanfu ^c   Zhang, Lin ^a   Chu, Tongsheng ^a   Liu, Dianchang ^a   Yan, Xiaoxiao ^a   Liu, Jianjun ^a,d  

^a Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatovenereology   (China)

^b ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shandong Blood Center   (China)

^d GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA-DRB1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE LEPROSY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETICS; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; ONSET AGE; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY;

MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LEPROSY; LEPROSY, MULTIBACILLARY; LEPROSY, PAUCIBACILLARY; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73249139793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-10-133     Document Type: Article

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