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Familial correlations and inter-relationships of four asthma-associated quantitative phenotypes in 320 French EGEA families ascertained through asthmatic probands.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Nov 2004
Bouzigon Emmanuelle, Chaudru Valérie, Carpentier Anne-Sophie, Dizier Marie-Hélène, Oryszczyn Marie-Pierre, Maccario Jean, Kauffmann Francine, Demenais Florence
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is a complex disease, associated with biological and physiological phenotypes including immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels, sum of positive skin prick tests to allergens (SPTQ), eosinophil counts (EOS) and percent predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 s (%FEV1). We investigated the patterns of familial correlations and the inter-relationships of these four quantitative phenotypes, using the general class D...
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