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Genetics of occupational asthma.
Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Apr 2011
Bernstein David I
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To discuss gene association studies conducted in workers diagnosed with occupational asthma. RECENT FINDINGS: Human leukocyte antigen studies conducted in European workers have defined major histocompatibility complex class II alleles and haplotypes associated with diisocyanate asthma. Recently, certain glutathione S-transferase genotypes (e.g. the GSTM1 null genotype) and N-acetyltransferase...
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