Association of HLA-DRB1*0405 with resistance to multibacillary leprosy in Taiwanese

Human Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 712-716

  Hsieh, Nan Kuang ^a,b   Chu, Chen Chung ^c   Lee, Nie Sue ^d   Lee, Hui Lin ^c   Lin, Marie ^c,e  

^a TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Medical University   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Department of Surgery ^*  (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

HLA DRB1*0405; Human leukocyte antigen; Leprosy; Resistance; Taiwanese

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TAIWAN;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LEPROSY, MULTIBACILLARY; TAIWAN;

EID: 77953882636     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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