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Variants of the natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 gene (NRAMP1) are associated with severe forms of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 May 2005
Zhang Wenghong, Shao Linyun, Weng Xinhua, Hu Zhongyi, Jin Anjia, Chen Shu, Pang Maoyin, Chen Zheng W
Abstract excerpt
Although genetic factors may affect susceptibility to tuberculosis, studies that have assessed variants of the natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 gene (NRAMP1) and their association with tuberculosis in humans have yielded conflicting results. It is likely that NRAMP1 polymorphisms may be associated with progression to severe forms of pulmonary tuberculosis rather than with susceptibility to...
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