Apa i and taq i polymorphisms of vdr (vitamin d receptor) gene in association with susceptibility to tuberculosis in the romanian population

Romanian Biotechnological Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7956-7962

  Alexandra, Simon Gruita ^a   Georgiana, Duta Cornescu ^a   Nicoleta, Constantin ^a   Daniela, Pojoga Maria ^a   Traian, Saitan ^a   Veronica, Stoian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

ApaI; Romanian population; TaqI; Tb susceptibility; VDR gene

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84875934010     PISSN: 12245984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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