Filaggrin mutations confer susceptibility to atopic dermatitis but not to asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1332-1337

  Rogers, Angela J ^a,b   Celedón, Juan C ^a,b   Lasky Su, Jessica A ^a   Weiss, Scott T ^a,b   Raby, Benjamin A ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

association; asthma; Atopic dermatitis; filaggrin; genetics

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CODON, NONSENSE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 36749001236     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.09.037     Document Type: Article

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