Mapping genetic variants in the CFH gene for association with leprosy in Han Chinese

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 506-510

  Zhang, D F ^a,b   Wang, D ^a   Li, Y Y ^c   Yao, Y G ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CFHR3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAN CHINESE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BLOOD PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHINA; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84908229739     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2014.43     Document Type: Article

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