Polymorphisms in the β2-adrenoreceptor gene are associated with decreased airway responsiveness

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1195-1203

  Ramsay, C E ^a   Hayden, C M ^a   Tiller, K J ^b   Burton, P R ^b   Goldblatt, J ^b   Lesouef, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

2 adrenoreceptor (B2AR); Airway responsiveness (AR); Association studies; Asthma genetics; Common polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DNA; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WHEEZING; ALLELE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2;

EID: 0032586743     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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