Analysis of eight genes modulating interferon gamma and human genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis: a case-control association study.

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Published in BMC Infect Dis on June 07, 2010

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Marlo Möller1, Almut Nebel, Paul D van Helden, Stefan Schreiber, Eileen G Hoal

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1: Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, PO Box 19063, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa. marlom@sun.ac.za

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