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Genetic risk factors for human susceptibility to infections of relevance in dermatology.
Anais brasileiros de dermatologia - 1 Jan 2000
Sardinha José Felipe Jardim, Tarlé Roberto Gomes, Fava Vinícius Medeiros, Francio Angela Schneider, Ramos Geovana Brotto, Ferreira Luiz Carlos de Lima, Schriefer Nicolaus Albert Borges, Mira Marcelo Távora, Talhari Sinésio
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BACKGROUND: In the pre-microbiological era, it was widely accepted that diseases, today known to be infectious, were hereditary. With the discovery of microorganisms and their role in the pathogenesis of several diseases, it was suggested that exposure to the pathogen was enough to explain infect...
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