Article
Genome-wide association analysis identifies 11 risk variants associated with the asthma with hay fever phenotype.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Jun 2014
Ferreira Manuel A R, Matheson Melanie C, Tang Clara S, Granell Raquel, Ang Wei, Hui Jennie, Kiefer Amy K, Duffy David L, Baltic Svetlana, Danoy Patrick, Bui Minh, Price Loren, Sly Peter D, Eriksson Nicholas, Madden Pamela A, Abramson Michael J, Holt Patrick G, Heath Andrew C, Hunter Michael, Musk Bill, Robertson Colin F, Le Souëf Peter, Montgomery Grant W, Henderson A John, Tung Joyce Y, Dharmage Shyamali C, Brown Matthew A, James Alan, Thompson Philip J, Pennell Craig, Martin Nicholas G, Evans David M, Hinds David A, Hopper John L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: To date, no genome-wide association study (GWAS) has considered the combined phenotype of asthma with hay fever. Previous analyses of family data from the Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study provide evidence that this phenotype has a stronger genetic cause than asthma without hay feve...
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