Introduction to genetics and genomics in asthma: Genetics of asthma

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 795, Issue , 2014, Pages 125-155

  Mathias, Rasika Ann ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Complex traits; Genetics; Genome wide association study; Heritability; Linkage analysis; Linkage disequilibrium; Population stratification; Positional cloning

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 33;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; IL 33 GENE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYNDROME;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFLAMMATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84934442667     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8603-9_9     Document Type: Article

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