Fc(ε)R1-β polymorphism and total serum IgE levels in endemically parasitized Australian aborigines

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 182-188

  Palmer, L J ^a,b   Pare P D ^a   Faux, J A ^a   Moffatt, M F ^a   Daniels, S E ^a   LeSouef P N ^b   Bremner, P R ^c   Mockford, E ^a   Gracey, M ^d   Spargo, R ^d   Musk, A W ^c   Cookson, W O C M ^a,e  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Geol Society of Western Australia   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11Q; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ABORIGINE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOSIS;

ALLELES; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARASITIC DISEASES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, FC;

EID: 0030612757     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513888     Document Type: Article

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