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Genetics of asthma: potential implications for reducing asthma disparities.
Chest - 1 Nov 2007
Scirica Christina V, Celedón Juan C
Abstract excerpt
Although genetic factors may partly explain the differences in asthma prevalence, morbidity, and mortality among ethnic groups in the United States, few studies of the genetics of asthma have included members of ethnic minority groups. Only one genome-wide linkage analysis of asthma and/or asthma-related phenotypes (conducted by the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Asthma) has included any members of ethnic...
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