A genome scan for loci influencing total serum immunoglobulin levels: Possible linkage of IgA to the chromosome 13 atopy locus

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-31

  Wiltshire, Steven ^a   Bhattacharyya, Sumit ^b   Faux, Jennie A ^a   Leaves, Nicholas I ^b   Daniels, Susan E ^b   Moffatt, Miriam F ^a   James, Alan ^c   Musk, A William ^c   Cookson, William O C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 3; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOREGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LINKAGE (GENETICS);

EID: 0031975967     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.1.27     Document Type: Article

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