Association between mast cell chymase genotype and atopic eczema: Comparison between patients with atopic eczema alone and those with atopic eczema and atopic respiratory disease

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 800-803

  Tanaka, K ^a,c   Sugiura, H ^c   Uehara, M ^c   Sato, H ^a   Hashimoto Tamaoki, T ^b   Furuyama, J ^b  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Atopic eczema; Atopic respiratory disease; Genetic variants; Mast cell chymase

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHYMASES; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MAST CELLS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 0005610872     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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