Genetic variants in the major histocompatibility complex class I and class II genes are associated with

Berran Yucesoy1, Victor J Johnson, Zana L Lummus

  • 1From the Health Effects Laboratory Division (Drs Yucesoy and Kashon, Ms Frye, and Ms Wang) NIOSH/CDC, Morgantown, WVa; BRT-Burleson Research Technologies (Dr Johnson), Morrisville, NC; Division of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (Drs Yucesoy, Lummus, and Bernstein) and Department of Environmental Health (Drs Rao and Bannerman-Thompson), University of Cincinnati, Ohio; Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal (Drs Gautrin and Cartier), Université de Montréal; Hôpital Laval (Dr Boulet), Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada; Department of Allergy (Dr Sastre), Fundación Jiménez Díaz and CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias CIBERES; Department of Allergy (Dr Quirce), Hospital La Paz-IdiPAZ and CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias CIBERES, Madrid, Spain; Department of Medicine (Dr Tarlo), University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Toxicology Branch (Dr Germolec), DNTP/NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, NC; and School of Public Health (Dr Luster), West Virginia University, Morgantown.

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