Asthma genetics in the post-GWAS Era

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 13, Issue , 2016, Pages S85-S90

  Ober, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Epigenomics; Gene environment interaction; Genetic variation; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PROCEDURES;

ASTHMA; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS;

EID: 84964305231     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201507-459MG     Document Type: Conference Paper

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