The role of genetics in the development of asthma and atopy

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-145

  Blumenthal, Malcolm N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MMC 434 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Genes; Genetics

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE 10; HLA DR ANTIGEN; LYMPHOTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 16Q; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 15944397667     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.all.0000162306.12728.c2     Document Type: Review

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