Article
The genetics of asthma.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Jun 1996
Sandford A, Weir T, Paré P
Abstract excerpt
In this paper we have summarized the evidence for a genetic contribution to asthma as well as the recent advances in techniques for identifying the location and function of genes that cause complex diseases. We have also reviewed how these techniques have been applied to the study of asthma and a...
Topics
- Animals
- Asthma
- Cytokines
- Disease Models, Animal
- Diseases in Twins
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Hypersensitivity
- Immunoglobulin E
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2
- Severity of Illness Index
- alpha 1-Antitrypsin