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A study on 300 asthmatic children, 300 controls and their parents confirms the genetic transmission of allergy and asthma.
European review for medical and pharmacological sciences - 1 Sept 2011
Cantani A, Micera M
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BACKGROUND: Several studies have shown the role of genetic factors in allergies, and ascertained that atopic diseases are transmitted by parents, especially by mothers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In order to explore the genetic risk of a child with a family history (FH) of allergy, we have enrolled into this prospective study 300 children, 173 males and 127 females, aged 3.5 to 7.5 years (median age 4.4 years), that...
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