TLR2 polymorphisms, Arg753Gln and Arg677Trp, are not associated with increased burden of tuberculosis in Indian patients

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Biswas, Debasis ^a   Gupta, Shailendra K ^b   Sindhwani, Girish ^a   Patras, Abhishek ^a  

^a HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 77049109923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-2-162     Document Type: Article

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