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Investigating highly replicated asthma genes as candidate genes for allergic rhinitis.
BMC medical genetics - 10 May 2013
Andiappan Anand Kumar, Nilsson Daniel, Halldén Christer, Yun Wang De, Säll Torbjörn, Cardell Lars Olaf, Tim Chew Fook
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BACKGROUND: Asthma genetics has been extensively studied and many genes have been associated with the development or severity of this disease. In contrast, the genetic basis of allergic rhinitis (AR) has not been evaluated as extensively. It is well known that asthma is closely related with AR since a large proportion of individuals with asthma also present symptoms of AR, and patients with AR have a 5-6 fold...
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