Genetic analyses in asthma: Current concepts and future directions

American Journal of PharmacoGenomics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 155-166

  Hakonarson, H ^a,b   Halapi, E ^a  

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLESTERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NITRIC OXIDE;

ASTHMA; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 7; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW;

ACARI;

EID: 0036394514     PISSN: 11752203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00129785-200202030-00001     Document Type: Review

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