Interleukin-4 gene promoter polymorphism [C590T] and asthma in Kuwaiti Arabs

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 190-194

  Hijazi, Z ^a   Haider, M Z ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Genetics; IL 4; Promoter

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARAB; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RELATIVE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033909506     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024396     Document Type: Article

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