Identifying genes predisposing to atopic eczema

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1066-1070

  Forrest, Susan ^a,c   Dunn, Karen ^a   Elliott, Kate ^a   Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth ^a   Fullerton, Jan ^a   McCarthy, Mark ^b   Brown, Jennifer ^c   Hill, David ^c   Williamson, Robert ^a  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

5q31; Association studies; Atopy; Candidate loci; D5S404; Eczema; Interleukin cluster; Linkage analysis; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032714864     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(99)70090-4     Document Type: Article

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