The genetics of pollinosis

Clinical and Experimental Allergy Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-7

  Arakawa, H ^a   Morikawa, A ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environment; Genetic; HLA; IL 4; Japanese cedar; Pollinosis; Risk factors; Stat 6

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GRASS POLLEN; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; JAPAN; JAPANESE CEDAR; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; RISK FACTOR; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 4143125436     PISSN: 14729725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-9725.2004.00022.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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