Polymorphisms of the NRAMP1 gene: Distribution and susceptibility to the development of pulmonary tuberculosis in the Greek population

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Stagas, Marios K ^a   Papaetis, Georgios S ^b   Orphanidou, Dora ^b   Kostopoulos, Charalambos ^b   Syriou, Stavroula ^c   Reczko, Martin ^d   Drakoulis, Nikolaos ^c  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d Institute of Biomedical Research Alexander Fleming   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; NRAMP1 SLC11A1 gene; Polymorphisms; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; NATURAL RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTOR; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INCIDENCE; PATHOGENESIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; AGED; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78651357970     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881312     Document Type: Article

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