Asthma-susceptibility variants identified using probands in case-control and family-based analyses

• Main Authors: Himes Blanca E (Author), Lasky-Su Jessica (Author), Wu Ann C (Author), Wilk Jemma B (Author), Hunninghake Gary M (Author), Klanderman Barbara (Author), Murphy Amy J (Author), Lazarus Ross (Author), Soto-Quiros Manuel E (Author), Avila Lydiana (Author), Celedón Juan C (Author), Lange Christoph (Author), O'Connor George T (Author), Raby Benjamin A (Author), Silverman Edwin K (Author), Weiss Scott T (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease whose genetic basis has been explored for over two decades, most recently via genome-wide association studies. We sought to find asthma-susceptibility variants by using probands from a single p...