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Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex infection: association with NRAMP1 polymorphisms.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Jul 2007
Tanaka G, Shojima J, Matsushita I, Nagai H, Kurashima A, Nakata K, Toyota E, Kobayashi N, Kudo K, Keicho N
Abstract excerpt
The present study aimed to elucidate risk factors for nonimmunocompromised pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection. Epidemiological data and variations of candidate genes for mycobacterial diseases were analysed in 111 patients with pulmonary MAC infection. Four polymorphisms of the human natural resistance-associated macrophage protein (NRAMP)1 gene, the 5'(GT)n, 469+14 G/C, D543N and the...
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