Association between genetic polymorphisms of the β2-adrenoceptor and response to albuterol in children with and without a history of wheezing

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3184-3188

  Martinez, Fernando D ^a,b   Graves, Penelope E ^a   Baldini, Mauro ^a   Solomon, Susan ^a   Erickson, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Genetics; 2 adrenergic receptor; 2 agonists

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SPIROMETRY; WHEEZING;

EID: 0031466866     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119874     Document Type: Article

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