ITGB5 and AGFG1 variants are associated with severity of airway responsiveness
BACKGROUND:Airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), a primary characteristic of asthma, involves increased airway smooth muscle contractility in response to certain exposures. We sought to determine whether common genetic variants were associated with AHR severity.METHODS:A genome-wide association study (G...
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BioMed Central
2013
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Online Access: | Himes et al. BMC Medical Genetics 2013, 14:86 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2350/14/86 http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610036 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/610036 |