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Positionally cloned genes and age-specific effects in asthma and atopy: an international population-based cohort study (ECRHS).
Thorax - 1 Feb 2010
Castro-Giner F, de Cid R, Gonzalez J R, Jarvis D, Heinrich J, Janson C, Omenaas E R, Matheson M C, Pin I, Antó J M, Wjst M, Estivill X, Kogevinas M
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BACKGROUND: Several genes identified by positional cloning have been associated with asthma and atopy, but few findings have been replicated. Age at onset of asthma has been associated with different phenotypic characteristics, and with variants at chromosome 17q21 identified through genome-wide...
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