Linkage disequilibrium pattern and age-at-diagnosis are critical for replicating genetic associations across ethnic groups in leprosy

Human Genetics

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-116

  Alter, Andrea ^a,b   Fava, Vinicius Medeiros ^a,b   Huong, Nguyen Thu ^c   Singh, Meenakshi ^d   Orlova, Marianna ^a,b   Van Thuc, Nguyen ^c   Katoch, Kiran ^e   Thai, Vu Hong ^c   Ba, Nguyen Ngoc ^c   Abel, Laurent ^f,g,h   Mehra, Narinder ^d   Alcaïs, Alexandre ^f,g,h,j,k   Schurr, Erwin ^a,b,i  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Hospital of Dermato Venereology   (Viet Nam)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

^f IMAGINE INSTITUTE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^h ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j CIC 0901   (France)

^k Paris Descartes University   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PACRG GENE; PARK2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPLICATION STUDY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INTRONS; LEPROSY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872288532     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-012-1227-6     Document Type: Article

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