A common FCER1B gene promoter polymorphism influences total serum IgE levels in a Japanese population

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 3 I, 2000, Pages 906-909

  Hizawa, Nobuyuki ^a   Yamaguchi, Etsuro ^a   Jinushi, Eisei ^a   Kawakami, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0034026789     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.161.3.9903128     Document Type: Article

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