Genomewide association studies in allergy and the influence of ethnicity

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 427-433

  Barnes, Kathleen C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Admixture; ethnicity; genomewide association studies; population stratification

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

DATABASES, GENETIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MINORITY GROUPS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956265978     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e32833de6ee     Document Type: Review

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