Lack of association between CD28/CTLA-4 gene polymorphisms and atopic asthma in the Japanese population

Experimental and Clinical Immunogenetics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 179-184

  Nakao, Futoshi ^a   Ihara, Kenji ^a   Ahmed, Saifuddin ^a   Sasaki, Yuka ^a   Kusuhara, Koichi ^a   Takabayashi, Akira ^b   Nishima, Sankei ^b   Hara, Toshiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic asthma; CD28; CTLA 4; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CD28 ANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INTRON; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033667447     PISSN: 02549670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000019137     Document Type: Article

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