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Sequence variants on 17q21 are associated with the susceptibility of asthma in the population of Lahore, Pakistan.
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma - 1 Oct 2015
Shahid Mariam, Sabar Muhammad Farooq, Bano Iqbal, Rahman Ziaur, Iqbal Zafar, Fatim Ali Sayyeda Saadia, Ghani Muhammad Usman, Iqbal Muhammad, Husnain Tayyab
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OBJECTIVE: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on 17q21 are known to be associated with asthma disease in multiple populations. This study was designed to know whether this region is associated with asthma in Lahore region population or not. METHODS: A total of 200 asthma patients and 100 healthy controls were enrolled from different hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan. Twelve SNPs from chromosomal region 17q21 were...
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