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A genome-wide association meta-analysis of self-reported allergy identifies shared and allergy-specific susceptibility loci.
Nature genetics - 1 Aug 2013
Hinds David A, McMahon George, Kiefer Amy K, Do Chuong B, Eriksson Nicholas, Evans David M, St Pourcain Beate, Ring Susan M, Mountain Joanna L, Francke Uta, Davey-Smith George, Timpson Nicholas J, Tung Joyce Y
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Allergic disease is very common and carries substantial public-health burdens. We conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide associations with self-reported cat, dust-mite and pollen allergies in 53,862 individuals. We used generalized estimating equations to model shared and allergy-specific genet...
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