Further support for the association of CCR5 allelic variants with asthma susceptibility

European Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 525-528

  McGinnis, R ^a   Child, F ^b   Clayton, S ^b   Davies, S ^b   Lenney, W ^b   Illig, T ^c   Wjst, M ^c   Spurr, N ^a   Debouck, C ^a   Hajeer, A H ^d   Ollier, W E R ^d   Strange, R ^b   Fryer, A A ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FAMILY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALLELES; ASTHMA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CCR5;

EID: 18744415129     PISSN: 09607420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2370.2002.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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