Genetic determinants in the development of sensitization to environmental allergens in early childhood

Immunity, Inflammation and Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 193-204

  Tripathi, Priya ^a   Hong, Xiumei ^b   Caruso, Deanna ^b   Gao, Peisong ^a   Wang, Xiaobin ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic sensitization; Asthma; Cockroach sensitization; House dust mites; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961877764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20504527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iid3.38     Document Type: Article

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