The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 120, Issue 5 , Pages 1110-1117 , November 2007

Genetic effect of CCR3 and IL5RA gene polymorphisms on eosinophilia in asthmatic patients

  • June-Hyuk Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Gyeonggi Do, Korea
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Hun Soo Chang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Gyeonggi Do, Korea
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Ji Hyun Kim, MS

      Affiliations

    • Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Gyeonggi Do, Korea
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  • Se-Min Park, MS

      Affiliations

    • Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Gyeonggi Do, Korea
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  • Yong Mok Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Gyeonggi Do, Korea
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  • Soo Taek Uh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Gyeonggi Do, Korea
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  • Taiyoun Rhim, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Gyeonggi Do, Korea
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  • Il Yup Chung, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Molecular and Life Science, College of Science and Technology, Hanyang University, Gyeonggi Do, Korea
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  • Yong-Hoon Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Gyeonggi Do, Korea
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  • Byung Lae Park, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics, Inc, Seoul, Korea
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  • Choon-Sik Park, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Gyeonggi Do, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Choon-Sik Park, MD, PhD, Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, 1174, Jung Dong, Wonmi Ku, Bucheon, Gyeonggi Do, 420-021, Korea.
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  • Hyoung Doo Shin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics, Inc, Seoul, Korea

Received 20 October 2006 ,Revised 23 August 2007 ,Accepted 24 August 2007.

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 Supported by a grant from the Korea Health 21 R&D Project, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea (01-PJ3-PG6-01GN04-003).

 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: B. L. Park and H. D. Shin are employed by SNP Genetics, Inc. The rest of the authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(07)01641-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.08.041

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 120, Issue 5 , Pages 1110-1117 , November 2007

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