Article
No association between genetic ancestry and susceptibility to asthma or atopy in Canary Islanders.
Immunogenetics - 1 Sept 2012
Pino-Yanes María, Corrales Almudena, Cumplido José, González Ruperto, Torres-Galván María José, Fernández Orlando Acosta, Sánchez-Machín Inmaculada, Figueroa Javier, Sánchez-Palacios Anselmo, Villar Jesús, Hernández Mariano, Carrillo Teresa, Flores Carlos
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is a complex respiratory disease characterized by chronic inflammation of airways and frequently associated with atopic symptoms. The population from the Canary Islands, which has resulted from a recent admixture of North African and Iberian populations, shows the highest prevalence of asthma and atopic symptoms among the Spanish populations. Although environmental particularities would account for the...
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