Tuberculosis as a complex trait: Impact of genetic epidemiological study design

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 91-99

  Stein, Catherine M ^a,b   Baker, Allison R ^a,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DISEASE COURSE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; ONSET AGE; PLEIOTROPY; STUDY DESIGN; TUBERCULOSIS;

CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79951549632     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: 14321777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-010-9301-7     Document Type: Article

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