Association between genetic variants of mast-cell chymase and eczema

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9027, 1996, Pages 581-583

  Mao, X Q ^a   Shirakawa, T ^b   Yoshikawa, T ^a   Yoshikawa, K ^a   Kawai, M ^c   Sasaki, S ^d   Enomoto, T ^e   Hashimoto, T ^f   Furuyama, J ^f   Hopkin, J M ^b   Morimoto, K ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Kyoto Preventive Medical Centre   (Japan)

^d OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^e JAPANESE RED CROSS WAKAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^f HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ECZEMA; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 16044365883     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(95)10244-2     Document Type: Article

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