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Human leucocyte antigens and cytokine gene polymorphisms and tuberculosis.
Indian journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Akgunes A, Coban A Y, Durupinar B
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Several genes encoding different cytokines and human leucocyte antigens (HLA) may play crucial roles in host susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB). Our objective was to investigate whether these genes might be associated with protection from or susceptibility to TB. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Genomic DNA from patients with TB (n = 30) and ethnically matched controls (n = 30) was genotyped by using...
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