Asthma and IL-4 receptor alpha gene variants

European Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 263-268

  Wjst, M ^a,c   Kruse, S ^b   Illig, T ^c   Deichmann, K ^b  

^a German Asthma Genetics Group   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWEDEN; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS;

DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS;

ASTHMA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036278161     PISSN: 09607420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2370.2002.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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