Genetics of asthma: Where are we and where do we go?

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-287

  Postma, Dirkje S ^a   Koppelman, Gerard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Association; Asthma; Environment; Gene gene; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; REMISSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ASTHMA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 67049095502     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.200806-047RM     Document Type: Article

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