No association between atopy/asthma and the Ile50Val polymorphism of IL- 4 receptor

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 342-345

  Noguchi, Emiko ^b   Shibasaki, Masanao ^b   Arinami, Tadao ^a   Takeda, Kazunori ^b   Yokouchi, Yukako ^b   Kobayashi, Kimiko ^b   Imoto, Natsuki ^b   Nakahara, Satoko ^b   Matsui, Akira ^b   Hamaguchi, Hideo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0032794926     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.1.9807130     Document Type: Article

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