Major quantitative trait locus for eosinophil count is located on chromosome 2q

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 826-830

  Evans, David M ^a,b   Zhu, Gu ^a   Duffy, David L ^a   Montgomery, Grant W ^a   Frazer, Ian H ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asthma; Eosinophils; genetics; linkage; QTL; twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TWINS;

EID: 4944247689     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.05.060     Document Type: Article

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