HLA and MICA genes in patients with tuberculosis in Brazil

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-63

  Souza, C F ^a   Noguti, E N ^a   Visentainer, J E L ^a   Cardoso, R F ^a   Petzl Erler, M L ^b   Tsuneto, L T ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disease susceptibility; Human leukocyte antigen; MICA; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MICA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ALLELES; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA-A2 ANTIGEN; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 83555177270     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2011.01789.x     Document Type: Article

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