Lack of association between atopic asthma and polymorphisms of the histamine H1 receptor, histamine H2 receptor, and histamine N-methyltransferase genes

Immunogenetics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 238-240

  Sasaki, Yuka ^a   Ihara, Kenji ^a   Ahmed, Saifuddin ^a   Yamawaki, Kaori ^a   Kusuhara, Koichi ^a   Nakayama, Hideki ^b   Nishima, Sankei ^c   Hara, Toshiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION BEPPU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic asthma; Histamine H1 receptor; Histamine H2 receptor; Histamine N methyltransferase; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 3P; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0034013037     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050037     Document Type: Article

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