Association between TARC C-431T and atopy and asthma in children [5]

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 199-202

  Leung, Ting Fan ^a   Tang, Nelson L S ^a   Li, Chung Yi ^a   Lam, Christopher W K ^a   Wong, Gary W K ^a   Fok, Tai Fai ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE;

ALLELE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHEMOKINES, CC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 3442894712     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.03.048     Document Type: Letter

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