Multifactorial diseases: Asthma genetics point the way

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 20, 2002, Pages

  Ahmadi, Kourosh R ^a   Goldstein, David B ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037108461     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01211-3     Document Type: Review

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