Genetics of asthma and allergies.

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This article is a literature review focusing on the underlying concepts of human genetics related to asthma and allergies. Asthma is classified as a complex genetic disorder with genetic susceptibility and an appropriate environmental stimulus necessary for the expression of disease. Intermediate phenotypes of asthma, which are used to study the disease, include the total IgE levels, the specific immune response,...

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