HLA-DR and HLA-DQ alleles in patients from the south of Brazil: markers for leprosy susceptibility and resistance

BACKGROUND: Many epidemiological studies have shown that the genetic factors of the host play a role in the variability of clinical response to infection caused by M. leprae. With the purpose of identifying genes of susceptibility, the present study investigated the possible role of HLA-DRB1 and DQA...

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Autores principales: da Silva, Samira A, Mazini, Priscila S, Reis, Pâmela G, Sell, Ana M, Tsuneto, Luiza T, Peixoto, Paulo R, Visentainer, Jeane EL
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2746224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19698125
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-134

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2746224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19698125
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-134

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