Association of KIR2DS4 and its variant KIR1D with syphilis in a Chinese Han population

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 114-118

  Zhuang, Y L ^a   Zhu, C F ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Song, Y H ^a   Wang, D J ^b   Nie, X M ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Ren, G J ^c  

^a Blood Center of Shandong Province   (China)

^b Jinan Hospital of Dermatosis   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 1D; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DS4; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, KIR; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPIROCHAETA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84858072276     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2011.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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