Association between variants of mast cell chymase gene and serum IgE levels in eczema

Human Heredity

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-41

  Mao, X Q ^a   Shirakawa, T ^a   Enomoto, T ^b   Shimazu, S ^c   Dake, Y ^b   Kitano, H ^d   Hagihara, A ^e   Hopkin, J M ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SUWA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^d SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopy; Eczema; IgE; Mast cell chymase; RFLP

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MAST CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHYMASES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MAST CELLS; RHINITIS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031962264     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022782     Document Type: Article

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