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Examining ERBB2 as a candidate gene for susceptibility to leprosy (Hansen’s disease) in Brazil
Leprosy remains prevalent in Brazil. ErbB2 is a receptor for leprosy bacilli entering Schwann cells, which mediates Mycobacterium leprae-induced demyelination and the ERBB2 gene lies within a leprosy susceptibility locus on chromosome 17q11-q21. To determine whether polymorphisms at the ERBB2 locus...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4015256/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24676663 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-0276130344 |