Interleukin-4 receptor polymorphisms in asthma and allergy: Relation to different disease phenotypes

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-403

  Hesselmar, B ^a   Bergin, A M ^b   Park, H ^b   Hahn Zoric, M ^b   Eriksson, B ^c   Hanson, L A ^b   Padyukov, L ^d  

^a SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Eczema; IL4R; SNP

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECZEMA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; POLLEN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; ECZEMA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 77249138783     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01631.x     Document Type: Article

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