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Gene-environment interactions in asthma and other respiratory diseases.
Annual review of medicine - 1 Jan 2005
Kleeberger Steven R, Peden David
Abstract excerpt
It is generally agreed that many lung diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have polygenic inheritance, and that the association of a specific genotype or genotypes with the disease is likely to vary between populations. Furthermore, it is recognized that the etiology of many lung diseases involves a complex interplay between genetic background and exposure to multiple...
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