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Association of IL12RB1 polymorphisms with pulmonary tuberculosis in adults in Morocco.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2004
Remus Natascha, El Baghdadi Jamila, Fieschi Claire, Feinberg Jacqueline, Quintin Thibaut, Chentoufi Mohamed, Schurr Erwin, Benslimane Abdellah, Casanova Jean-Laurent, Abel Laurent
Abstract excerpt
Five disease-causing genes, including the IL12RB1 gene that encodes the beta 1 chain of the receptor for interleukin (IL)-12 (IL-12R beta 1), are known to be associated with the syndrome of Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases. Some IL-12R beta 1-deficient patients present with tuberculosis as the only clinical phenotype. A comprehensive genetic study of IL12RB1 was conducted among 101 Moroccan...
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