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Polygenic risk and the development and course of asthma: an analysis of data from a four-decade longitudinal study.
The Lancet. Respiratory medicine - 1 Aug 2013
Belsky Daniel W, Sears Malcolm R, Hancox Robert J, Harrington Honalee, Houts Renate, Moffitt Terrie E, Sugden Karen, Williams Benjamin, Poulton Richie, Caspi Avshalom
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BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have discovered genetic variants that predispose individuals to asthma. To integrate these new discoveries with emerging models of asthma pathobiology, we aimed to test how genetic discoveries relate to developmental and biological characteristics of asthma. METHODS: In this prospective longitudinal study, we investigated a multilocus profile of genetic risk...
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