Atopy phenotype in subjects with variants of the β subunit of the high affinity IgE receptor

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 654-655

  Li, Airong ^a   Hopkin, Julian M ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopy; Fc RI; Genetics

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEEZING;

EID: 0030760738     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.7.654     Document Type: Article

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