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Association between genetic variants in the IRGM gene and tuberculosis in a Korean population.
Infection - 1 Aug 2014
Song J H, Kim S Y, Chung K S, Moon C M, Kim S W, Kim E Y, Jung J Y, Park M S, Kim Y S, Kim S K, Chang J, Shin D J, Kang Y A
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PURPOSE: To investigate immunity-related guanosine triphosphatase family M (IRGM) genetic variants associated with susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) in a Korean population. METHODS: We conducted a prospective case-control study including 193 patients with active TB in Severance Hospital and 230 age- and sex-matched unrelated controls registered in Yonsei Cardiovascular Genome Center. Based on associations with...
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