Genetic variants in Protocadherin-1, bronchial hyper-responsiveness, and asthma subphenotypes in German children

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 636-641

  Toncheva, Antoaneta A ^a   Suttner, Kathrin ^a   Michel, Sven ^a   Klopp, Norman ^a,b   Illig, Thomas ^a,b   Balschun, Tobias ^c   Vogelberg, Christian ^d   von Berg, Andrea ^e   Bufe, Albrecht ^f   Heinzmann, Andrea ^g   Laub, Otto ^h   Rietschel, Ernst ⁱ   Simma, Burkhard ^j   Frischer, Thomas ^k   Genuneit, Jon ^l   von Mutius, Erika ^m   Kabesch, Michael ^a,n  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Marien Hospital   (Germany)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^h Kinder und Jugendarztpraxis Laub   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^j Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch   (Austria)

^k ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^m LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

5q31 cytokine gene cluster; Linkage disequilibrium; Polymorphism; Protocadherin 1

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; PROTOCADHERIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERRESPONSIVENESS; CHILD; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CADHERINS; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; CYTOKINES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GERMANY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84868192328     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2012.01334.x     Document Type: Article

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