Effect of sex and haplotype on plasma tryptase levels in healthy adults

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-51

  Min, Hae Ki ^a   Moxley, George ^a   Neale, Michael C ^a   Schwartz, Lawrence B ^a,b  

^a Division of Allergy   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

mast cells; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TRYPTASE; BETA TRYPTASE; ISOENZYME; TRYPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MAST CELLS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SEX FACTORS; TRYPTASES;

EID: 3442888529     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

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