Genetics of atopic diseases

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 584-587

  Chatila, Talal A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ATOPY; CHROMOSOME 11Q; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031723221     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199810060-00008     Document Type: Short Survey

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