A mutation in the leptin receptor is associated with Entamoeba histolytica infection in children.

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Published in J Clin Invest on March 01, 2011

Authors

Priya Duggal1, Xiaoti Guo, Rashidul Haque, Kristine M Peterson, Stacy Ricklefs, Dinesh Mondal, Faisal Alam, Zannatun Noor, Hans P Verkerke, Chelsea Marie, Charles A Leduc, Streamson C Chua, Martin G Myers, Rudolph L Leibel, Eric Houpt, Carol A Gilchrist, Alan Sher, Stephen F Porcella, William A Petri

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. pduggal@jhsph.edu

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