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The role of LTA4H and ALOX5AP genes in the risk for asthma in Latinos.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Apr 2010
Via M, De Giacomo A, Corvol H, Eng C, Seibold M A, Gillett C, Galanter J, Sen S, Tcheurekdjian H, Chapela R, Rodríguez-Santana J R, Rodríguez-Cintrón W, Thyne S, Avila P C, Choudhry S, González Burchard E
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BACKGROUND: Leukotrienes play an important role in allergic and inflammatory diseases, but reports on the involvement of arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein (ALOX5AP) and leukotriene A(4) hydrolase (LTA4H) in asthma have been inconclusive. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether polymorphisms...
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