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Beta2-adrenergic receptor polymorphisms in African American children with status asthmaticus.
Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies - 1 Jan 2006
Elbahlawan Lama, Binaei Saeed, Christensen Michael L, Zhang Qing, Quasney Michael W, Dahmer Mary K
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BACKGROUND: The beta2-adrenergic receptor plays a central role in the bronchodilator response to beta2-agonists in patients with asthma. Genetic polymorphisms within the gene coding for this receptor influence responsiveness of the receptor. A number of these polymorphisms differ in frequency in the African American and white populations. OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of specific beta2-adrenergic receptor...
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