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Risk prediction of pulmonary tuberculosis using genetic and conventional risk factors in adult Korean population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Hong Eun Pyo, Go Min Jin, Kim Hyung-Lae, Park Ji Wan
Abstract excerpt
A complex interplay among host, pathogen, and environmental factors is believed to contribute to the risk of developing pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). The lack of replication of published genome-wide association study (GWAS) findings limits the clinical utility of reported single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). We conducted a GWAS using 467 PTB cases and 1,313 healthy controls obtained from two community-based...
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