The value of isolated populations in genetic studies of allergic diseases

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 379-382

  Laitinen, Tarja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gene mapping; Genetic studies; Inheritance of asthma; Inheritance of asthma related traits

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ATOPY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0036772446     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130832-200210000-00002     Document Type: Short Survey

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