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Familial aggregation of food allergy and sensitization to food allergens: a family-based study.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Jan 2009
Tsai H-J, Kumar R, Pongracic J, Liu X, Story R, Yu Y, Caruso D, Costello J, Schroeder A, Fang Y, Demirtas H, Meyer K E, O'Gorman M R G, Wang X
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The increasing prevalence of food allergy (FA) is a growing clinical and public health problem. The contribution of genetic factors to FA remains largely unknown. OBJECTIVE: This study examined the pattern of familial aggregation and the degree to which genetic factors contribute to FA and sensitization to food allergens. METHODS: This study included 581 nuclear families (2,004 subjects) as part of an...
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