Genome-Wide Association Studies of Asthma

Bronchial asthma is a common inflammatory disease caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. To discover the genes and cellular pathways underlying asthma, a large number of genetic studies have been conducted. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS), which comprehensively assess g...

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Main Authors: Mayumi Tamari, Kaori Tomita, Tomomitsu Hirota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-01-01
Series:Allergology International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893015305244