Linkage of circulating eosinophils to markers on chromosome 5q

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1739-1744

  Martinez, Fernando D ^a,b   Solomon, Susan ^a   Holberg, Catharine J ^a   Graves, Penelope E ^a   Baldini, Mauro ^a   Erickson, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHROMOSOME 5Q; EOSINOPHILIA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIBLING; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

EID: 0032429321     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.6.9712040     Document Type: Article

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