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Genome-wide association studies for discovery of genes involved in asthma.
Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) - 1 Apr 2011
Akhabir Loubna, Sandford Andrew J
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is the result of a complex interaction between environmental factors and genetic variants that confer susceptibility. Studies of the genetics of asthma have previously been conducted using linkage designs and candidate gene association studies. Recently, the association study design has been extended from specific candidate genes to an unbiased genome-wide approach: the genome-wide association study...
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