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[Genetic polymorphisms and infections].
Medecine et maladies infectieuses - 1 Jun 2006
Joram N, Lopez E, Texereau J, Mira J-P
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have shown that genetic variants, responsible for the different human response when facing an infectious risk, concerned the genes of proteins involved in either recognition of the infectious agent, in the inflammatory cascade, or in the coagulation process. For example, some studies clearly demonstrated that if a twin was affected by an infectious disease, the risk of infection by the same agent...
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