Association of a STAT 6 haplotype with elevated serum IgE levels in a population based cohort of white adults

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 658-663

  Weidinger, S ^a   Klopp, N ^b   Wagenpfeil, S ^c   Rummler L ^a   Schedel, M ^d   Kabesch, M ^d   Schafer T ^e   Darsow, U ^a   Jakob, T ^a   Behrendt, H ^a   Wichmann, H E ^b   Ring, J ^a   Illig, T ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; STAT6 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 4444266092     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2004.020263     Document Type: Article

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