Investigation of Association between Susceptibility to Leprosy and SNPs inside and near the BCHE Gene of Butyrylcholinesterase

Leprosy is a chronic disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae and affects the skin and the peripheral nervous system. Butyrylcholinesterase is coded by the BCHE gene, and the atypical allele (70G; rs1799807) has been investigated as a leprosy risk factor, with conflicting results. The present study es...

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出版年:Journal of Tropical Medicine
主要な著者: Henrique J. P. Gomes, Ricardo L. R. Souza, Flávia Costa Prevedello, Marcelo Távora Mira, Eleidi A. Chautard-Freire-Maia
フォーマット: 論文
言語:英語
出版事項: Wiley 2012-01-01
オンライン・アクセス:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/184819