Association of childhood allergic asthma with markers flanking the IL33 gene in Italian families

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 667-668

  Belpinati, Francesca ^a   Malerba, Giovanni ^a   Trabetti, Elisabetta ^a   Galavotti, Roberta ^a   Xumerle, Luciano ^a   Pescollderungg, Lydia ^b   Boner, Attilio Loris ^a   Pignatti, Pier Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 33;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE MARKER; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 80052260336     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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