Comment on

• The association of atopy with a gain-of-function mutation in the alpha subunit of the interleukin-4 receptor.

  Hershey GK, Friedrich MF, Esswein LA, Thomas ML, Chatila TA. Hershey GK, et al. N Engl J Med. 1997 Dec 11;337(24):1720-5. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199712113372403. N Engl J Med. 1997. PMID: 9392697
• Interleukin-4 and the genetics of atopy.

  Rosenwasser LJ. Rosenwasser LJ. N Engl J Med. 1997 Dec 11;337(24):1766-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199712113372412. N Engl J Med. 1997. PMID: 9392706 No abstract available.
• Polymorphisms in the coagulation factor VII gene and the risk of myocardial infarction.

  Iacoviello L, Di Castelnuovo A, De Knijff P, D'Orazio A, Amore C, Arboretti R, Kluft C, Benedetta Donati M. Iacoviello L, et al. N Engl J Med. 1998 Jan 8;338(2):79-85. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199801083380202. N Engl J Med. 1998. PMID: 9420338
• The role of a common variant of the cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene in the progression of coronary atherosclerosis. The Regression Growth Evaluation Statin Study Group.

  Kuivenhoven JA, Jukema JW, Zwinderman AH, de Knijff P, McPherson R, Bruschke AV, Lie KI, Kastelein JJ. Kuivenhoven JA, et al. N Engl J Med. 1998 Jan 8;338(2):86-93. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199801083380203. N Engl J Med. 1998. PMID: 9420339 Clinical Trial.
• In search of perverse polymorphisms.

  Rosenthal N, Schwartz RS. Rosenthal N, et al. N Engl J Med. 1998 Jan 8;338(2):122-4. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199801083380210. N Engl J Med. 1998. PMID: 9420346 No abstract available.