Chromosome 2p14 is linked to susceptibility to leprosy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Yang, Qing ^a,b,c,d   Liu, Hong ^a,b,c,d   Low, Hui Qi ^e   Wang, Haifeng ^f   Yu, Yongxiang ^a,b,c,d   Fu, Xi'an ^a,b,c,d   Yu, Gongqi ^a,b,c,d   Chen, Mingfei ^a,b,c,d   Yan, Xiaoxiao ^a,b,c,d   Chen, Shumin ^a,b,c,d   Huang, Wei ^f   Liu, Jianjun ^e   Zhang, Furen ^a,b,c,d  

^a SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG FIRST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shandong Provincial Key Lab of Dermato venereology   (China)

^d Shandong Provincial Medical Center for Dermatovenereology   (China)

^e GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LEPROSY; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIGREE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ASIAN; CHROMOSOME 2; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; MALE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LEPROSY; LOD SCORE; MALE; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84855438933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029747     Document Type: Article

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