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Gene-environment interactions in asthma: with apologies to William of Ockham.
Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society - 1 Jan 2007
Martinez Fernando D
Abstract excerpt
Many environmental factors and a large number of genetic polymorphisms have been reported to be associated with asthma risk in different locales and at different ages. It seems that what we call asthma is a heterogeneous set of conditions for which the only common feature is recurrent airway obstruction that is at least partially responsive to usual asthma therapy. Recent studies in which environmental factors...
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