Childhood atopic asthma: Positive association with a polymorphism of IL-4 receptor α gene but not with that of IL-4 promoter or Fc ε receptor I β gene

Experimental and Clinical Immunogenetics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 63-70

  Takabayashi, Akira ^a   Ihara, Kenji ^a   Sasaki, Yuka ^a   Suzuki, Yuzo ^b   Nishima, Sankei ^b   Izuhara, Kenji ^b   Hamasaki, Naotaka ^b   Hara, Toshiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic asthma; Fc receptor; IL 4 promoter; IL 4 receptor ; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

FC RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0034015903     PISSN: 02549670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000019125     Document Type: Article

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