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Association between 17q12-21 variants and asthma in Japanese women: rs11650680 polymorphism as potential genetic marker for asthma.
DNA and cell biology - 1 Aug 2014
Miyake Yoshihiro, Tanaka Keiko, Arakawa Masashi
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiological evidence on the relationship between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs7216389 and rs11650680 on chromosome 17q12-21 and asthma is inconsistent. We examined this issue in young adult Japanese women. Case subjects were 202 women who had been diagnosed with asthma by a doctor, while 1290 women without doctor-diagnosed asthma served as control subjects. Adjustments were made for age and the...
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