Case report: Interferon-gamma receptor-1 gene promoter polymorphisms and susceptibility to leprosy in children of a single family

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 627-629

  Velayati, Ali A ^a   Farnia, Parissa ^b   Khalizadeh, Soheila ^a   Farahbod, Amir M ^b   Hasanzadh, Maryam ^a   Sheikolslam, Maryam F ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CLOFAZIMINE; DAPSONE; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1; RIFAMPICIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INTERFERON RECEPTOR; LEPROSTATIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; FAMILY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS;

MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

CHILD; CLOFAZIMINE; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; RIFAMPIN;

EID: 79958005055     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0515     Document Type: Article

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