title: [Linkage analysis of chromosome 5 and asthma in a Chinese population].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the linkage between asthma and 5q31-33 in a Chinese population.
  
  
  METHODS
  The linkage between microsatellite markers in 5q and asthma and allergy was tested by lod score analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The linkage between asthma and 5q31-33 was not confirmed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The genes at 5q31-33 are not likely to contribute to inheritance of asthma in this Chinese population.
authors.affiliation: Jingan Clinical Immunology Research Center, Jingan Qu Central Hospital, Shanghai, 200040, P.R. China. jclou@usa.net
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000235:genetics*; D002895:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats