[Heredity of asthma].
To compare the heredity of asthma among families of intrinsic, extrinsic and control subjects, we have studied the siblings and offsprings of the 3 groups of subjects (using a standardized questionnaire). The results shown that asthma was genetically transmitted but the clinical manifestations appeared later among the relatives of intrinsic than among the relatives of extrinsic asthmatic patients.
Pirson
F
F
Service de Pneumo-phtisiologie, Hôpital Ste Marguerite, Marseille.
Sansonetti
M
M
Charpin
D
D
Lanteaume
A
A
Vervloet
D
D
Charpin
J
J
D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
Héridité de l'asthme.