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Genetic influences on asthma susceptibility in the developing lung.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology - 1 Dec 2010
Carpe Nicole, Mandeville Isabel, Ribeiro Leslie, Ponton Andre, Martin James G, Kho Alvin T, Chu Jen-Hwa, Tantisira Kelan, Weiss Scott T, Raby Benjamin A, Kaplan Feige
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Asthma is the leading serious pediatric chronic illness in the United States, affecting 7.1 million children. The prevalence of asthma in children under 4 years of age has increased dramatically in the last 2 decades. Existing evidence suggests that this increase in prevalence derives from early environmental exposures acting on a pre-existing asthma-susceptible genotype. We studied the origins of asthma...
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