Cytokine gene polymorphisms and atopic disease in two European cohorts. (ECRHS-Basel and SAPALDIA)

Clinical and Molecular Allergy

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Imboden, M ^a,b,g   Nieters, A ^c   Bircher, Andreas J ^d   Brutsche, M ^d   Becker, N ^c   Wjst, M ^e   Ackermann Liebrich, Ursula ^f   Berger, W ^b   Probst Hensch, Nicole M ^a,g   Leuenberger, Ph ^d   Barthelemy J C ^g   Bettschart, R ^d   Blaser, K ^d   Bolognini, G ^d   Brandli O ^d   Burdet, L ^d   Downs, S H ^g   Frey, M ^d   Gaspoz, J M ^g   Gerbase, M W ^d   Gold, D ^d,g   Karrer, W ^d   Keller, R ^d   Knopfli B ^d   Kunzli N ^g   Morabia, A ^g   Neu, U ^g   Nicod, L ^d   Perruchoud, A P ^d   Pons, M ^d   Rochat, Th ^d   Russi, E ^d   Schindler, C ^g   Schmid Grendelmeyer, P ^d   Schwartz, J ^g   Schwarz, F ^d   Straehl, P ^g   Tschopp, J M ^d   von Eckardstein, A ^g   Zellweger, J P ^d   Zemp Stutz, E ^g   Bayer Oglesby, L ^g   Felber Dietrich, D ^g   Keidel, D ^g   Stadele Kessler P ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^g Department of Cardiology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33747084385     PISSN: 14767961     EISSN: 14767961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7961-4-9     Document Type: Article

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