Genes for asthma: Much ado about nothing?

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 212-219

  Whittaker, Paul A ^a  

^a Novartis Horsham Resp Res Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TH2 CELL;

ASTHMA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0037871684     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4892(03)00035-3     Document Type: Review

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