Filaggrin loss-of-function variant contributes to atopic dermatitis risk in the population of Northern Germany [14]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1093-1094

  Ruether, A ^a   Stoll, M ^a,b   Schwarz, T ^a   Schreiber, S ^a   Folster Holst R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Leibniz Institute for Arteriosclerosis Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLG GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ICHTHYOSIS VULGARIS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 33749862108     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07500.x     Document Type: Letter

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