Maternal inheritance of atopic IgE responsiveness on chromosome 11q.

doi:10.1016/0140-6736(92)91468-n

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Maternal inheritance of atopic IgE responsiveness on chromosome 11q.

Lancet (London, England) - 15 Aug 1992

Cookson W O, Young R P, Sandford A J, Moffatt M F, Shirakawa T, Sharp P A, Faux J A, Julier C, Nakumuura Y, Nakumura Y

Abstract excerpt

Atopy is a common familial state underlying allergic asthma and rhinitis. Lately, we have assigned a gene for atopy to chromosome 11q by linkage to the marker D11S97. Since previous studies have suggested that the risk of atopy is higher for children of atopic mothers than for those of atopic fat...

Topics

Alleles
Asthma
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
Female
Genetic Linkage
Humans
Hypersensitivity
Immunoglobulin E
Male
Pedigree
Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal

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