The IL12B gene is associated with asthma

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 709-715

  Randolph, Adrienne G ^a,b,c   Lange, Christoph ^c,d   Silverman, Edwin K ^a,c   Lazarus, Ross ^a,c   Silverman, Eric S ^a,c   Raby, Benjamin ^a,c   Brown, Alison ^e   Ozonoff, Al ^d   Richter, Brent ^a   Weiss, Scott T ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Harvard Ptnrs Ctr Genet/Genomics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; PARENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE;

PIERINAE;

EID: 4544287247     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/424886     Document Type: Article

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