Article
The importance of genetic influences in asthma.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Nov 1999
Los H, Koppelman G H, Postma D S
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is a complex genetic disorder in which the mode of inheritance is not known. Many segregation studies suggest that a major gene could be involved in asthma, but until now different genetic models have been obtained. Twin studies, too, have shown evidence for genetic influences in asthma, but have also revealed substantial evidence for environmental influences, in which nonshared environmental influences...
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