Association between quantitative traits underlying asthma and the HLA-DRB1 locus in a family-based population sample

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 341-346

  Moffatt, Miriam F ^a   Schou, Carsten ^b   Faux, Jennifer A ^a   Abecasis, Gonçalo R ^a   James, Alan ^c   Musk, A William ^c   Cookson, William O C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ALK ABELLÓ   (Denmark)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; HLA DR; Quantitative traits

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CAT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 6; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACARI; ASTIGMATA; BRONCHUS; FELIS CATUS; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 0034985721     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200636     Document Type: Article

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