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Genetic Factors in Asthma

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New Horizons in Allergy Immunotherapy

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 409))

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The familial aggregation of asthma, rhinitis, and eczema suggests that atopy has a genetic component. Modern molecular genetics now offers the opportunity to characterise the genes predisposing to these illnesses.

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  1. Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, USA

    William Cookson (Wellcome Senior Clinical Research Fellow)

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  1. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    Alec Sehon  & Kent T. HayGlass  & 

  2. Institute of General and Experimental Pathology, Vienna, Austria

    Dietrich Kraft

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Cookson, W. (1996). Genetic Factors in Asthma. In: Sehon, A., HayGlass, K.T., Kraft, D. (eds) New Horizons in Allergy Immunotherapy. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 409. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5855-2_8

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