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Lack of association of atopy/asthma and the interleukin-4 receptor alpha gene in Japanese.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Feb 1999
Noguchi E, Shibasaki M, Arinami T, Takeda K, Yokouchi Y, Kobayashi K, Imoto N, Nakahara S, Matsui A, Hamaguchi H
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BACKGROUND: Susceptibility to the development of atopic diseases is known to involve genetic factors. Several investigators have reported the interleukin-4 (IL-4) receptor alpha gene to be involved in the development of atopy. Recent study has shown that the R allele of a polymorphism in the IL-4...
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