The genetic basis of atopic asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1023-1032

  Holloway, J W ^a,b   Beghe B ^a   Holgate, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 5Q; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ASTHMA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LINKAGE (GENETICS);

EID: 0032768213     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00599.x     Document Type: Review

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