Evidence For Linkage Of Total Serum Ige And Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness To Chromosome 5q - A Major Regulatory Locus Important In Asthma

Clinical & Experimental AllergyVolume 25, Issue s2 p. 84-88 Evidence for linkage of total serum IgE and bronchial hyperresponsiveness to chromosome 5q: a major regulatory locus important in asthma E. R. BLEECKER, Corresponding Author E. R. BLEECKER University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USAProfessor E. R. Bleecker, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.Search for more papers by this authorP. J. AMELUNG, P. J. AMELUNG University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USASearch for more papers by this authorR. C. LEVITT, R. C. LEVITT The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USASearch for more papers by this authorD. S. POSTMA, D. S. POSTMA University Hospital, Groningen, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorD. A. MEYERS, D. A. MEYERS The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USASearch for more papers by this author E. R. BLEECKER, Corresponding Author E. R. BLEECKER University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USAProfessor E. R. Bleecker, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.Search for more papers by this authorP. J. AMELUNG, P. J. AMELUNG University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USASearch for more papers by this authorR. C. LEVITT, R. C. LEVITT The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USASearch for more papers by this authorD. S. POSTMA, D. S. POSTMA University Hospital, Groningen, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorD. A. MEYERS, D. A. 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