Evidence for a dominant major gene conferring predisposition to hepatitis C virus infection in endemic conditions

Human Genetics

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 697-705

  Laouénan, Cédric ^a,b   Plancoulaine, Sabine ^a,b   Mohamed, Mostafa Kamal ^c   Arafa, Naglaa ^c   Bakr, Iman ^c   Abdel Hamid, Mohamed ^e,f   Rekacewicz, Claire ^d   Obach, Dorothée ^a,b,d   Fontanet, Arnaud ^d   Abel, Laurent ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e NATIONAL HEPATOLOGY AND TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^f Minia Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADULT; AGE; AGING; DOMINANT GENE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIBLING; STATISTICS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; CHILD; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949140849     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-009-0721-y     Document Type: Article

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