Atopic asthma and TNF-308 alleles: Linkage disequilibrium and association analyses

Human Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 359-365

  Di Somma, Carmela ^a   Charron, Dominique ^b   Deichmann, Klaus ^c   Buono, Catello ^a   Ruffilli, Anna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; TNF

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; ALLELISM; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037372468     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(02)00819-4     Document Type: Article

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