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Asthma genetics and intermediate phenotypes: a review from twin studies.
Twin research : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Apr 2001
Los H, Postmus P E, Boomsma D I
Abstract excerpt
It has been long recognised that asthma and related phenotypes have an important hereditary nature, in which inheritance does not follow the classical Mendelian patterns and the exact mode of inheritance is not known. Linkage, association studies and genome-wide screening suggest that many genes are involved in the pathogenesis of asthma. Twin studies have contributed significantly to our understanding on the...
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