Distribution of DRB1 and DQB1 HLA class II alleles in occupational asthma due to western red cedar

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 911-914

  Horne, C ^a   Quintana, P J E ^b   Keown, P A ^a,c   Dimich Ward, H ^c   Chan Yeung, M ^c  

^a VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human leukocyte antigen class II antigens; Occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPENTER; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOOD DUST;

ADULT; ALLELES; ASTHMA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; WOOD;

EID: 0034025796     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.2000.15e17.x     Document Type: Article

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