Candidate gene loci in asthmatic and allergic inflammation

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-8

  Wilkinson, J ^a   Holgate, S T ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHROMOSOME; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030051487     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.1.3     Document Type: Editorial

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