Heritability and confirmation of genetic association studies for childhood asthma in twins.

Vilhelmina UllemarP K E MagnussonC LundholmA ZettergrenE MelénP LichtensteinC Almqvist

Published in: Allergy (2015)

Asthma and allergic diseases of childhood are highly heritable, and these high-risk genetic variants associated specifically with childhood asthma, except for one SNP shared with hay fever.

Keyphrases

allergic rhinitis
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
early life
genome wide
childhood cancer
air pollution
case control