Study of KIR genes in Lebanese patients with tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1688-1690

  Mahfouz, Rami ^a   Halas, H ^a   Hoteit, R ^a   Saadeh, M ^b   Shamseddeen, W ^c   Charafeddine, K ^a   Itani, L ^a   Araj, G F ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b National Tuberculosis Center   (Lebanon)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotyping; KIR; Lebanese; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; KIR 2DL3 GENE; KIR GENE; LEBANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, KIR; RECEPTORS, KIR2DL3; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 81455150137     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0138     Document Type: Article

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