Testing for gene-gene interaction controlling total IgE in families from Barbados: Evidence of sensitivity regarding linkage heterogeneity among families

Genomics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 246-251

  Barnes, Kathleen C ^a   Mathias, Rasika A ^b   Nickel, Renate ^a,c   Freidhoff, Linda R ^a   Stockton, Maria L ^a   Xue, Xielun ^a   Naidu, Raana P ^d   Levett, Paul N ^d   Casolaro, Vincenzo ^a   Beaty, Terri H ^b  

^a Institute for Cell Engineering   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLELE; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035862569     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.2000.6430     Document Type: Article

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