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Nitric Oxide Synthase 2 Promoter Polymorphism Is a Risk Factor for Allergic Asthma in Children.
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) - 8 Dec 2021
Nowakowska Joanna, Sobkowiak Paulina, Bręborowicz Anna, Mrówczyńska Magdalena, Wojsyk-Banaszak Irena, Szczepankiewicz Aleksandra
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Background and Objectives: In paediatric population, atopic asthma is associated with increased eosinophil counts in patients, that correlate with the airway inflammation measured by the concentration of nitric oxide in exhaled air (FeNO). As the FeNO level is a biomarker of atopic asthma, we assumed that polymorphisms in nitric synthases genes may represent a risk factor for asthma development. The purpose of...
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