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Novel human genetic variants associated with extrapulmonary tuberculosis: a pilot genome wide association study
31 Jan 2011
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BACKGROUND: Approximately 5-10% of persons infected with M. tuberculosis develop tuberculosis, but the factors associated with disease progression are incompletely understood. Both linkage and association studies have identified human genetic variants associated with susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis, but few genetic studies have evaluated extrapulmonary disease. Because extrapulmonary and pulmonary...
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