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NINJURIN1 single nucleotide polymorphism and nerve damage in leprosy.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2012
Graça Carla R, Paschoal Vânia D A, Cordeiro-Soubhia Rosa M, Tonelli-Nardi Susilene M, Machado Ricardo L D, Kouyoumdjian João A, Baptista Rossit Andréa R
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Leprosy, a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, can damage the peripheral nervous system and represents one of the leading causes of nontraumatic neuropathy in some developing countries. The NINJURIN1 is a cell adhesion molecule that provides suitable substrates for repair of Schwann cells after peripheral nerve injury. The single nucleotide polymorphism NINJ1, is the result of a...
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