Loss-of-function variants of the filaggrin gene are associated with atopic eczema and associated phenotypes in Swedish families

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-19

  Ekelund, Elisabeth ^a   Liedén, Agne ^a   Link, Jenny ^a   Lee, Simon P ^b   D'Amato, Mauro ^c   Palmer, Colin N A ^b   Kockum, Ingrid ^a   Bradley, Maria ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2282del4; Atopic dermatitis; Eczema; Filaggrin; Genetic association; R501X

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 38949177427     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0383     Document Type: Article

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