Associations between genetic variants in vitamin D metabolism and asthma characteristics in young African Americans: A pilot study

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 938-946

  Pillai, Dinesh K ^a,b   Iqbal, Sabah F ^a,b   Benton, Angela S ^b   Lerner, Jennifer ^b   Wiles, Andrew ^b   Foerster, Matthew ^b   Ozedirne, Tugba ^c   Holbrook, Henry P ^b   Payne, Perry W ^b,d   Gordish Dressman, Heather ^b   Teach, Stephen J ^a,b   Freishtat, Robert J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American youth; Asthma; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP24A1 GENE; CYP2R1 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PILOT STUDY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN TEST; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 84856500098     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: 17088267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/JIM.0b013e318220df41     Document Type: Article

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