Evidence of a strong, positive association between atopy and the HLA class II alleles DR4 and DR7

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 821-828

  Aron, Y ^a   Desmazes Dufeu, N ^b   Matran, R ^b   Polla, B S ^a   Dusser, D ^b   Lockhart, A ^a   Swierczewski, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Université Paris Descartes   (France)

Author keywords

asthma; atopy; case control study; HLA class II genes

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; HLA DR7 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0029813013     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00614.x     Document Type: Article

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