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Genetic susceptibility to asthma and atopy among Chinese in Singapore--linkage to markers on chromosome 5q31-33.
Allergy - 1 Aug 2001
Shek L P, Tay A H, Chew F T, Goh D L, Lee B W
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BACKGROUND: Asthma and atopy are complex genetic traits, influenced by the interaction of multiple genes and environmental factors. Linkage of these traits to chromosome 5q31-33 has been shown in other populations, but has not been well studied in the Chinese. We studied linkage between asthma and atopy with markers on chromosome 5q31-33 in the Singapore Chinese. This region contains many candidate genes,...
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