Linkage analysis of the 5q31-33 candidate region for asthma in 240 UK families

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 20-24

  Holloway, J W ^b   Lonjou, C ^c   Beghe B ^c   Peng, Q ^c   Gaunt, T R ^c   Gomes, I ^c   Hall, I P ^a   Dewar, J C ^a   Wilkinson, J ^c   Thomas, N S ^c   Holgate, S T ^c   Morton, N E ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Chromosome 5q; IgE; Linkage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHROMOSOME 5; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ASTHMA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0035259186     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363723     Document Type: Article

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