Leprosy as a genetic disease

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 19-31

  Alter, Andrea ^a   Grant, Audrey ^b,c   Abel, Laurent ^b,c,d   Alcaïs, Alexandre ^b,c,d   Schurr, Erwin ^a,e  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 15; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; LYMPHOTOXIN; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART INFARCTION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEPROSY; LEPROSY EPIDEMIOLOGY; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 79951550529     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: 14321777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-010-9287-1     Document Type: Article

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