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Recent advances in the genetics and genomics of asthma and related traits.
Current opinion in pediatrics - 1 Jun 2010
Sleiman Patrick M A, Hakonarson Hakon
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Asthma is a complex phenotype caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors that remain poorly understood. The common variants involved in the pathogenesis of asthma have proved difficult to identify by candidate gene association studies. Recently genome-wide association (GWA) studies have been applied to asthma with considerable success. RECENT FINDINGS: The past 12 months have...
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