Leprosy epidemics during history increased protective allele frequency of PARK2/PACRG genes in the population of the Mljet Island, Croatia

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Bakija Konsuo, A ^a   Mulic R ^b   Boraska, V ^b   Pehlic, M ^b   Huffman, J E ^c   Hayward, C ^c   Marlais, M ^d   Zemunik, T ^b   Rudan, I ^b  

^a Clinic for Dermatovenerology Cutis   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic epidemiology; Leprosy; Mljet; PARK2 PARCG; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

PARKIN;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROATIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPIDEMICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LEPROSY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 80052277431     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: 18780849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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