Journal article
Association of vitamin D receptor genotype with leprosy type.
- Abstract:
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Host genetic factors including major histocompatibility complex (MHC) polymorphisms influence both susceptibility to leprosy per se and also to leprosy type. Non-MHC genes may play an important role, but such genes remain undefined. The influence of two non-MHC candidate genes was assessed in a case-control study of Bengali leprosy patients from Calcutta. Recent studies have implicated variation in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene in susceptibility to several diseases, including osteoporosis...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Journal of infectious diseases
- Volume:
- 179
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 187-191
- Publication date:
- 1999-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1537-6613
- ISSN:
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0022-1899
- Source identifiers:
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36264
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:36264
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- pubs:36264
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- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 1999
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