The genetics of bronchial asthma in children

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1369-1375

  Bierbaum, Sibylle ^a   Heinzmann, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Genetics; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ENDOTOXIN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS MUCUS; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME 6Q; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION;

ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFLAMMATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34249732165     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2007.01.018     Document Type: Review

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