The genetics of asthma

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 46-48

  Kim, Han Soo ^a   Tsai, Pauline B ^a   Oh, Chad K ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR;

ASTHMA; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; REVIEW;

ASTHMA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, IGE;

EID: 0031607757     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-199801000-00009     Document Type: Article

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