TY - JOUR KW - Alleles KW - Brazil KW - Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific KW - DNA, Bacterial KW - Humans KW - Leprosy, Tuberculoid KW - Mycobacterium leprae KW - Pilot Projects KW - polymerase chain reaction KW - Polymorphism, Genetic KW - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha AU - Santos A R AU - Almeida A S AU - Suffys P N AU - Moraes M O AU - Filho V F AU - Mattos H J AU - Nery J A AU - Cabello P H AU - Sampaio E P AU - Sarno E N BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11221098?dopt=Abstract DA - 2000 Sep IS - 3 J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis. LA - eng PY - 2000 SP - 325 EP - 7 T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association TI - Tumor necrosis factor promoter polymorphism (TNF2) seems to protect against development of severe forms of leprosy in a pilot study in Brazilian patients. UR - http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v68n3a13.pdf VL - 68 SN - 0148-916X ER -