Chromosome 6q25 is linked to susceptibility to leprosy in a Vietnamese population.

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Published in Nat Genet on February 10, 2003

Authors

Marcelo T Mira1, Alexandre Alcaïs, Nguyen Van Thuc, Vu Hong Thai, Nguyen Thu Huong, Nguyen Ngoc Ba, Andrei Verner, Thomas J Hudson, Laurent Abel, Erwin Schurr

Author Affiliations

1: McGill Centre for the Study of Host Resistance and Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, H3G 1A4 PQ, Canada.

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