Filaggrin variants confer susceptibility to asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1294-1295

  McLean, W H Irwin ^a   Palmer, Colin N A ^b   Henderson, John ^c   Kabesch, Michael ^d   Weidinger, Stephan ^e,f   Irvine, Alan D ^g,h  

^a Human Genetics Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^g OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^h TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN;

ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECZEMA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASTHMA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MUTATION;

EID: 42749089225     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.02.039     Document Type: Letter

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