No evidence for an association between a variant of the mast cell chymase gene and atopic dermatitis based on case-control and haplotype-relative-risk analyses

Human Heredity

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 271-274

  Kawashima, Tomoko ^a   Noguchi, Emiko ^a   Arinami, Tadao ^a   Kobayashi, Kimiko ^a   Otsuka, Fujio ^a   Hamaguchi, Hideo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Atopy; Mast cell chymase gene; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC RISK; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAST CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHYMASES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MAST CELLS; ODDS RATIO; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 0031663091     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022815     Document Type: Article

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