[Study of genetic markers in families of patients with tuberculosis].

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[Study of genetic markers in families of patients with tuberculosis].

Problemy tuberkuleza - 1 Jan 1990

Rakhimov A Kh, Pospelov L E

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The article deals with findings of the study of HLA-genotype influence on tuberculosis susceptibility in 26 families with tuberculosis patients. It was found that sensitivity to tuberculosis in the examined families is associated with HLA-DR2 antigen. Segregation analyses conducted in the familie...

Topics

Adult
Child
Disease Susceptibility
Family
Female
Genetic Markers
Genotype
HLA Antigens
HLA-DR2 Antigen
Humans
Male
Tuberculosis

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