[Bronchial asthma as a multifactorial disease].
Asthma is a common condition that results from the interaction of an unknown number of genes with environmental factors. Here, we describe the recent advances in this field including results of genome-wide searches for susceptibility genes.
Jasek
Monika
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Laboratorium Immunogenetyki Instytutu Immunologii i Terapii Doświadczalnej PAN, Wrocławiu. jasek@iitd.pan.wroc.pl
D001249:Asthma / Q000235:genetics*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype