Is it all in our genes? The "mite-y" truth

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 392-394

  Khurana Hershey, Gurjit K ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ATOPY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MITE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

EID: 1542616277     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.01.564     Document Type: Editorial

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