Genetic susceptibility to asthma and atopy among Chinese in Singapore - Linkage to markers on chromosome 5q31-33

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 749-753

  Shek, L P C ^a   Tay, A H ^a   Chew, F T ^a   Goh, D L M ^a   Lee, B W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Chromosome 5; Genetics; Polymorphic microsatellite markers; Sib pairs

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 5Q; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0034926075     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2001.056008749.x     Document Type: Article

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