Genetic diversity of the IL-4, IL-4 receptor and IL-13 loci in mestizos in the general population and in patients with asthma from three subpopulations in Mexico

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-33

  Lopez K I M ^a,c   Martinez S E F ^b   Moguel, M C M ^b   Romero, L T ^b   Figueroa, C S ^b   Pacheco, G V ^b   Ibarra, B ^b   Corona, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c Centro Universitario de Los Altos   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNICITY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALLELES; ASTHMA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MEXICO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4;

EID: 33846895510     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2006.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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