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Identification of a novel asthma susceptibility gene on chromosome 1qter and its functional evaluation.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Jul 2008
White Julia H, Chiano Mathias, Wigglesworth Mark, Geske Robert, Riley John, White Nicola, Hall Simon, Zhu Guohua, Maurio Frank, Savage Tony, Anderson Wayne, Cordy Joanna, Ducceschi Melissa, Vestbo Jorgen, Pillai Sreekumar G
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is a multifactorial disease, in which the intricate interplay between genetic and environmental factors underlies the overall phenotype of the disease. Using a genome-wide scan for linkage in a population comprising of Danish families, we identified a novel linked locus on chromosome 1qter (LOD 3.6, asthma) and supporting evidence for this locus was identified for both asthma and atopic-asthma phenotypes...
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