Filaggrin null mutations in childhood atopic dermatitis among the Chinese

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 251-254

  Ching, G K ^a   Hon, K L ^a   Ng, P C ^a   Leung, T F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NULL ALLELE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 67650763166     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2009.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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