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Association study of the FTO gene polymorphisms with the risk of pulmonary tuberculosis in a sample of Iranian population.
Acta microbiologica et immunologica Hungarica - 1 Mar 2017
Naderi Mohammad, Hashemi Mohammad, Dejkam Nahid, Bahari Gholamreza, Rezaei Maryam, Taheri Mohsen
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AIM: The aim of the present study was to find out the impact of fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene on risk of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in a sample of Iranian population. METHODS: This case-control study was carried out on a total of 354 subjects including 185 PTB patients and 169 healthy subjects. Genotyping of FTO rs9939609 and rs8050136 variants was done using polymerase chain reaction-restriction...
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