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T1 and T2 ADAM33 single nucleotide polymorphisms and the risk of childhood asthma in a Saudi Arabian population: a pilot study.
Annals of Saudi medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Al-Khayyat Arwa Ishaq, Al-Anazi Mohammed, Warsy Arjumand, Vazquez-Tello Alejandro, Alamri Abdullah Mohammed, Halwani Rabih, Alangari Abdullah, Al-Frayh Abdurrahman, Hamid Qutayba, Al-Muhsen Saleh
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Genetic association studies have demonstrated that over 100 variants in target genes (including ADAM33) are associated with airway remodeling and hyper-responsiveness in different ethnic groups; however, this has never been evaluated in Arabic populations. The objective of this study was to determine whether ADAM33 polymorphisms that are associated with asthma in a population of...
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