Article
Association studies for asthma and atopic diseases: a comprehensive review of the literature.
Respiratory research - 1 Jan 2003
Hoffjan Sabine, Nicolae Dan, Ober Carole
Abstract excerpt
Hundreds of genetic association studies on asthma-related phenotypes have been conducted in different populations. To date, variants in 64 genes have been reported to be associated with asthma or related traits in at least one study. Of these, 33 associations were replicated in a second study, 9 associations were not replicated either in a second study or a second sample in the same study, and 22 associations...
Topics
- Asthma
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Hypersensitivity
- Phenotype