Class-I human leukocyte alleles in leprosy patients from Southern Brazil

INTRODUCTION: The present study was designed to investigate a possible role of HLA (histocompatibility leucocyte antigen) class-I alleles (HLA-A, -B, and -C) in leprosy patients from Southern Brazil. METHODS: Two hundred and twenty-five patients with leprosy and 450 individuals for the control group...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Danilo Santana Alessio Franceschi, Luiza Tamie Tsuneto, Priscila Saamara Mazini, William Sergio do Sacramento, Pâmela Guimarães Reis, Cristiane Conceição Chagas Rudnick, Samaia Laface Clementino, Ana Maria Sell, Jeane Eliete Laguila Visentainer
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011
Subjects:
Genes HLA de classe I
Hanseníase
Mycobacterium leprae
Susceptibilidade genética
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Lambda
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822011000500018
https://doaj.org/article/ce03f027069c4c58a62c1ea18480f50e

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