Sex-specific linkage to total serum immunoglobulin E in families of children with asthma in Costa Rica

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-253

  Raby, Benjamin A ^a,b,c   Soto Quiros, Manuel E ^d   Avila, Lydiana ^d   Lake, Stephen L ^a,c   Murphy, Amy ^a,c   Liang, Catherine ^a   Fournier, Eduardo ^d   Spesny, Mitzi ^d   Sylvia, Jody S ^a   Verner, Andrei ^e   Hudson, Thomas J ^e   Klanderman, Barbara J ^a   Freimer, Nelson B ^f   Silverman, Edwin K ^a,c   Celedón, Juan C ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE NIÑOS   (Costa Rica)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOPOIETIC GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BOY; CELL MATURATION; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 20P; CHROMOSOME 7P; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; GIRL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX LINKAGE; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; COSTA RICA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33847297674     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddl447     Document Type: Article

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