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17q12-21 variants are associated with asthma and interact with active smoking in an adult population from the United Kingdom.
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology - 1 Jun 2012
Marinho Susana, Custovic Adnan, Marsden Paul, Smith Jacky A, Simpson Angela
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BACKGROUND: Although an association between 17q12-21 and asthma has been replicated across different populations, some inconsistencies have been found between different studies. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the association between genetic variation in this region with asthma, lung function, airway inflammation, hyperresponsiveness (AHR), and atopy in a case-control study of United Kingdom adults. The interaction...
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