Filaggrin null alleles are not associated with hand eczema or contact allergy

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1199-1204

  Lerbaek, A ^a   Bisgaard, H ^a   Agner, T ^a   Ohm Kyvik, K ^b   Palmer, C N A ^c   Menne T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Contact allergy; Filaggrin; Hand eczema

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HAND; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NULL ALLELE; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ALLELES; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 36148997706     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08252.x     Document Type: Article

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