Filaggrin null mutations and childhood atopic eczema: A population-based case-control study

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Brown, Sara J ^a,b   Relton, Caroline L ^c   Liao, Haihui ^d   Zhao, Yiwei ^d   Sandilands, Aileen ^d   Wilson, Ian J ^b   Burn, John ^b   Reynolds, Nick J ^a,c   McLean, W H Irwin ^d   Cordell, Heather J ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; atopic eczema; complex trait; filaggrin; ichthyosis vulgaris; seasonal rhinitis; skin barrier function

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NULL ALLELE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN EXAMINATION;

EID: 41549117117     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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