Association of asthma and the interleukin-4 promoter gene in Japanese

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 449-453

  Noguchi, E ^a   Shibasaki, M ^a   Arinami, T ^a   Takeda, K ^a   Yokouchi, Y ^a   Kawashima, T ^a   Yanagi, H ^a   Matsui, A ^a   Hamaguchi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Chromosome 5; Genetics; IL 4; Japanese; Promoter; TDT

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-4; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0031925794     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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