β2-Adrenoceptor polymorphisms are in linkage disequilibrium, but are not associated with asthma in an adult population

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 442-448

  Dewar, J C ^a   Wheatley, A P ^a   Venn, A ^b   Morrison, J F J ^c   Britton, J ^b   Hall, I P ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 Adrenoceptor polymorphism; Asthma; Atopy; Chromosome 5q; Genetics of asthma; IgE; Linkage disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE BANI; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHROMOSOME 5Q; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0031596478     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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