Common filaggrin null alleles are not associated with hymenoptera venom allergy in Europeans

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 353-355

  Aslam, A ^a   Lloyd Lavery, A ^a   Warrell, D A ^b   Misbah, S ^c   Ogg, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Filaggrin; Gene; Hymenoptera allergy

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN; HYMENOPTERA VENOM; WASP VENOM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SKIN EPITHELIUM; SKIN SENSITIZATION; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

EID: 77958142893     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321829     Document Type: Article

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