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Epigenome variation in severe asthma.
Biological research for nursing - 1 May 2015
Wysocki Kenneth, Conley Yvette, Wenzel Sally
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Asthma is a complex heterogeneous disease process with mild, moderate, and severe classifications. Although the science of genomics has opened our understanding of the molecular underpinnings of asthma, epigenetics is emerging as a mechanism whereby the expression of disease-risk genes may be influenced by environmental exposure. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this article is to discuss the methodology of...
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