Genetics of allergy and bronchial hyperresponsiveness

Clinical and Experimental Allergy, Supplement

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 86-89

  Howard, T D ^a   Wiesch, D G ^a   Koppelman, G H ^b   Postma, D S ^b   Meyers, D A ^a   Bleecker, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Bronchial hyperresponsiveness; Candidate genes; Genome screens; IgE

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033010861     PISSN: 09602178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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