A genome-wide screen on the genetics of atopy in a multiethnic European population reveals a major atopy locus on chromosome 3q21.3

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 192-199

  Kurz, Thorsten ^a,h   Altmueller, J ^b   Strauch, K ^c   Ruschendorf F ^b   Heinzmann, A ^a   Moffatt, M F ^d   Cookson, W O C M ^d   Inacio, F ^e   Nurnberg P ^b,f   Stassen, H H ^g   Deichmann, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b M D Ztr Molec Med (MDC) Berlin   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e São Bernardo Hospital   (Portugal)

^f CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Imprinting; Inflammation; Linkage analysis; Mite sensitization

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MITE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 19944432535     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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