A Never Ending Story in the Pursuit of Susceptible Genes in Allergy and Asthma

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 3-4

  Wang, Jiu Yao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOTOXIN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 54149105931     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-9572(08)60003-0     Document Type: Editorial

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