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Genome-wide scan for loci influencing quantitative immune response traits in the Belém family study: comparison of methods and summary of results.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Jan 2006
Wheeler E, Miller E N, Peacock C S, Donaldson I J, Shaw M-A, Jamieson S E, Blackwell J M, Cordell H J
Abstract excerpt
Here we report the results from a genome-wide linkage scan to identify genes and chromosomal regions that influence quantitative immune response traits, using multi-case leprosy and tuberculosis families from north-eastern Brazil. Total plasma IgE, antigen-specific IgG to Mycobacterium leprae soluble antigen (MLSA), M. tuberculosis soluble antigen (MTSA) and M. tuberculosis purified protein derivative (PPD), and...
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