Polymorphisms of the Bcl-2 family member bfl-1 in children with atopic dermatitis

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 578-582

  Gray, Andrew ^a   Stewart, Helen ^a   Pravica, Vera ^a   Fryer, Anthony A ^b   Lenney, Warren ^b   Hutchinson, Ian V ^a   Arkwright, Peter D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BOOTH HALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atopic dermatitis; bcl 2; Children; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL2A1; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

EID: 33751213852     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2006.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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