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Gene by environment interaction in asthma.
Current allergy and asthma reports - 1 Mar 2006
Koppelman Gerard H
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that is highly prevalent in the Western world. It is a genetically complex disease caused by multiple genetic and environmental factors, which may interact. Genetic research has recently incorporated environmental factors to investigate gene by environment interaction, and the first examples of gene by environment interaction in asthma have been reported....
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