Polymorphisms in IL13, total IgE, eosinophilia, and asthma exacerbations in childhood

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-90

  Hunninghake, Gary M ^a,b,c   Soto Quirós, Manuel E ^d   Avila, Lydiana ^d   Su, Jessica ^a,e   Murphy, Amy ^a,e   Demeo, Dawn L ^a,b,c   Ly, Ngoc P ^a,f   Liang, Catherine ^a   Sylvia, Jody S ^a   Klanderman, Barbara J ^a,c   Lange, Christoph ^e   Raby, Benjamin A ^a,c,g   Silverman, Edwin K ^a,b,c   Celedón, Juan C ^a,b,c  

^a CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE NIÑOS   (Costa Rica)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; CAMP; Costa Rica; eosinophil; exacerbations; IgE; IL13; severity

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ASTHMA; CHILD; COSTA RICA; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-13; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 34250837404     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.04.032     Document Type: Article

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