Do genetics play a role in the pathogenesis of asthma?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 101, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Ober, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASTHMA; FEMALE; GENES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0031895864     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(98)70234-9     Document Type: Article

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