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The effect of mannose binding lectin gene polymorphisms on susceptibility to tuberculosis in different ethnic groups.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2004
El Sahly Hana M, Reich Robert A, Dou Shu Jun, Musser James M, Graviss Edward A
Abstract excerpt
In order to investigate the role of MBL gene polymorphisms in susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) we genotyped 487 TB cases and 232 controls. Among African-American individuals, the frequency of B allele was lower among controls than cases (p < 0.01), but we found no differences between cases and...
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