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The burden of disease associated with filaggrin mutations: a population-based, longitudinal birth cohort study.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Apr 2008
Henderson John, Northstone Kate, Lee Simon P, Liao Haihui, Zhao Yiwei, Pembrey Marcus, Mukhopadhyay Somnath, Smith George Davey, Palmer Colin N A, McLean W H Irwin, Irvine Alan D
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BACKGROUND: Atopic disease is a major health problem. Mutations in the filaggrin gene (FLG) confer major susceptibility to eczema and related asthma. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the natural history and burden of atopic disease conferred by the 2 most common FLG mutations in a large, populat...
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