No association or histamine-N-methyltransferase polymorphism with asthma or bronchial hyperresponsiveness in two German pediatric populations

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-42

  Deindl, Philipp ^a   Peri Jerkan, Silvija ^b   Deichmann, Klaus ^b   Niggemann, Bodo ^a   Lau, Susanne ^a   Sommerfeld, Christine ^a   Sengler, Claudia ^a   Müller, Sebastian ^a   Wahn, Ulrich ^a   Nickel, Renate ^a   Heinzmann, Andrea ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchial hyperresponsiveness; Histamine N methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; DNA; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HNMT GENE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELTING POINT; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 20044371171     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2005.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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