Genetic markers of atopy in infancy: Results from the German Multicenter Allergy Study

Clinical and Experimental Allergy, Supplement

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 23-25

  Nickel, R ^a,b   Beyer, K ^a,b   Huang, S K ^a   Barnes, K C ^a   Wahn, U ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Genetics; IgE

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; RANTES;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

CHEMOKINES, CC; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RANTES;

EID: 0033455535     PISSN: 09602178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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