CHIT1 mutations: Genetic risk factor for severe asthma with fungal sensitization?

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Vicencio, Alfin G ^a   Chupp, Geoffrey L ^b   Tsirilakis, Kalliope ^c   He, Xiaoxuan ^b   Kessel, Aaron ^c   Nandalike, Kiran ^c   Veler, Haviva ^c   Kipperman, Stacy ^c   Young, Michael C ^d   Goldman, David L ^c  

^a Northwell Health   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Chitin; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHITOTRIOSIDASE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ITRACONAZOLE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OMALIZUMAB; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CHITIN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MYCOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; FUNGUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MUTATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHITIN SYNTHASE; FUNGI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MUTATION; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 77957698041     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0321     Document Type: Article

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