Genetics of asthma: What do we need to know?

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 15, 1997, Pages 3-8

  LeSouëf, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Association studies; Asthma; Candidate gene; Genetics; Genome searches

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 6; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; BLOOD; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; REVIEW; TWINS;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2; RISK FACTORS; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 0030850343     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199709)15+<3::AID-PPUL2>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Conference Paper

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