Association of vitamin D receptor genotype with leprosy type.
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...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1999
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