African ancestry is associated with cluster-based childhood asthma subphenotypes

African ancestry is associated with cluster-based childhood asthma subphenotypes

Abstract Background Childhood asthma is a syndrome composed of heterogeneous phenotypes; furthermore, intrinsic biologic variation among racial/ethnic populations suggests possible genetic ancestry variation in childhood asthma. The objective of the study is to identify clinically homogeneous asthma...

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Main Authors: Lili Ding, Dan Li, Michael Wathen, Mekibib Altaye, Tesfaye B. Mersha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Medical Genomics
Subjects:
Childhood asthma
Cluster analysis
Genetic ancestry
Subphenotypes
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12920-018-0367-5

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