Polymorphism in the P2X7 gene increases susceptibility to extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Turkish children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 779-782

  Tekin, Deniz ^a   Kayaalti, Zeliha ^a   Dalgic, Nazan ^b   Cakir, Erkan ^c   Soylemezoglu, Tulin ^a   Isin Kutlubay, Busra ^b   Aydin Kilic, Betul ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Thoracic Surgery Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

childhood; extrapulmonary tuberculosis; single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

PURINERGIC P2X7 RECEPTOR; P2RX7 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PURINERGIC P2 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SCHOOL CHILD; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2X7;

EID: 77955140975     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181d9932e     Document Type: Article

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