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Associations of HLA-DRB1, DQB1 and DPB1 alleles with pulmonary tuberculosis in south India.
Tubercle and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Jan 1999
Ravikumar M, Dheenadhayalan V, Rajaram K, Lakshmi S S, Kumaran P P, Paramasivan C N, Balakrishnan K, Pitchappan R M
Abstract excerpt
SETTING: Tuberculosis is endemic in south India: sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis is predisposed by HLA-DR2 in south India and few other populations of the world. OBJECTIVE: To study HLA-DRB1, DQB1, DQA1 and DPB1 allelic polymorphism in pulmonary tuberculosis patients and endemic controls from south India. DESIGN: One hundred and twenty-six, sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients and 87, endemic...
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