[Role of genetic factors in the etiology of silicosis].

Article

[Role of genetic factors in the etiology of silicosis].

Meditsina truda i promyshlennaia ekologiia - 1 Jan 1996

Gorbatovskiĭ Ia A, Morozova O A, Lotosh E A, Luzina F I

Abstract excerpt

Examination of 15 systems of hereditary polymorphism including HLA system was conducted in 284 patients suffering from silicosis and 431 healthy subjects. The results provided genetic factors showing propensity to and resistance against silicosis. The data served as a base for silicosis risk grou...

Topics

Disease Susceptibility
HLA Antigens
Humans
Immunity, Innate
Phenotype
Polymorphism, Genetic
Risk Factors
Silicosis

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