Meta-analysis of 20 genome-wide linkage studies evidenced new regions linked to asthma and atopy

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 700-706

  Bouzigon, Emmanuelle ^a,b,c   Forabosco, Paola ^d,e   Koppelman, Gerard H ^f   Cookson, William O C M ^g   Dizier, Marie Hélène ^a,h   Duffy, David L ⁱ   Evans, David M ^j   Ferreira, Manuel A R ⁱ   Kere, Juha ^k   Laitinen, Tarja ^l   Malerba, Giovanni ^m   Meyers, Deborah A ⁿ   Moffatt, Miriam ^g   Martin, Nicholas G ⁱ   Ng, Mandy Y ^o   Pignatti, Pier Franco ^m   Wjst, Mathias ^p,q   Kauffmann, Francine ^a,h   Demenais, Florence ^a,b,c   Lewis, Cathryn M ^d,o  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c FONDATION JEAN DAUSSET CEPH   (France)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

ⁱ ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^k KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

ⁿ WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^p INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^q INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Linkage scan; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME 3P; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; EOSINOPHIL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SKIN TEST;

ASTHMA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EOSINOPHILS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PHENOTYPE;

PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 77952670887     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.224     Document Type: Article

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