The era of genome-wide association studies: Opportunities and challenges for asthma genetics

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 624-628

  Zhang, Guicheng ^a   Goldblatt, Jack ^a   Lesouëf, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Genetics; Genome wide

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CLINICAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

ASTHMA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 74049162508     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2009.97     Document Type: Review

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