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Investigation of chromosome 17 candidate genes in susceptibility to TB in a South African population.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Mar 2009
Möller Marlo, Nebel Almut, Valentonyte Ruta, van Helden Paul D, Schreiber Stefan, Hoal Eileen G
Abstract excerpt
Chromosome 17 is known to contain TB susceptibility genes. Polymorphisms in two of these genes, namely NOS2A and CCL2, have been associated with TB in various populations. To investigate a possible association of gene variants with TB in the South African Coloured population we genotyped SNPs fro...
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