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Association of CFTR gene mutation with bronchial asthma and its severity in Indian children: a case-control study.
Annals of human biology - 1 Mar 2012
Awasthi Shally, Maurya Nutan, Agarwal Sarita, Dixit Pratibha, Muthuswamy Srinivasan, Singh Shweta
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Asthma is a complex genetic disorder. Several genes have been found associated with asthma. The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene is one of them. AIM: To assess the association of CFTR gene mutation with asthma and its severity as per GINA guidelines. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This was a hospital-based case-control study. Excluded from cases and controls were those with...
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