A large-scale, consortium-based genomewide association study of asthma.

BACKGROUND: Susceptibility to asthma is influenced by genes and environment; implicated genes may indicate pathways for therapeutic intervention. Genetic risk factors may be useful in identifying subtypes of asthma and determining whether intermediate phenotypes, such as elevation of the total serum...

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Main Authors: Moffatt, M, Gut, I, Demenais, F, Strachan, D, Bouzigon, E, Heath, S, von Mutius, E, Farrall, M, Lathrop, M, Cookson, W
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010