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Genetic susceptibility in tuberculosis.
Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) - 1 Feb 2010
Yim Jae-Joon, Selvaraj Paramasivam
Abstract excerpt
The importance of host genetic factors in determining susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) has been studied extensively using various methods, such as case-control, candidate gene and genome-wide linkage studies. Several important candidate genes like human leucocyte antigen/alleles and non-human leucocyte antigen genes, such as cytokines and their receptors, chemokines and their receptors, pattern recognition...
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