Article
[The role of genetically determined haptoglobin phenotypes in patients with destructive pulmonary tuberculosis].
Problemy tuberkuleza - 1 Jan 1990
Kharakter Zh Z, Mazhak K D, Pavlenko A V
Abstract excerpt
Haptoglobin (Hp) was phenotyped in 567 apparently healthy individuals and 223 patients with destructive pulmonary tuberculosis, including 163 as newly-detected and 60 as recurrent cases. Three phenotypes of haptoglobin were identified, i.e. two homozygotic (Hp 1:1 and Hp 2:2) and one heterozygotic (Hp 2:1). It was revealed that among the pulmonary tuberculosis patients, both newly detected and recurrent cases,...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- Haptoglobins
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
