Asthma Pharmacogenomics - 18/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/j.iac.2005.09.004
Gregory A. Hawkins, PhD a, ⁎ 
, Scott T. Weiss, MD b, Eugene R. Bleecker, MD a
, Scott T. Weiss, MD b, Eugene R. Bleecker, MD a a Center for Human Genomics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
b Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
⁎Corresponding author
Résumé |
Asthma affects an estimated 20 million people in the United States and results in more than 5,000 deaths each year. Despite intensive research, the exact causes of asthma have not been completely elucidated, making treatment of asthma and related symptoms a challenge. However, we do know that complicated interactions between environmental, social, and genetic factors are involved in increasing a person's risk for asthma, and that other factors such as race, ethnicity, age, and sex add an additional layer of complexity in disease etiology.
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Vol 25 - N° 4
P. 723-742 - novembre 2005 Retour au numéro
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