Absence of genetic linkage of chromosome 5q31 with asthma and atopy in the general population

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 816-817

  Kamitani, Atsushi ^a   Wong, Zilla Y H ^a   Dickson, Phillip ^a   Van Herwerden, Lynne ^b   Raven, Joan ^b,c   Forbes, Andrew B ^b   Abramson, Michael J ^b   Walters, E Haydn ^b,c   Harrap, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Genetics; Linkage

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030804127     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.9.816     Document Type: Article

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