Genetic dissection of eosinophilic esophagitis provides insight into disease pathogenesis and treatment strategies

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-32

  Sherrill, Joseph D ^a   Rothenberg, Marc E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

candidate gene; Eosinophilic esophagitis; genetics; genome wide association; polymorphism

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 13; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TH2 CELL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 79959830634     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.03.046     Document Type: Review

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