A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Genome-Wide Association Studies of Asthma in Population-Based Cohorts Confirm Known and Suggested Loci and Identify an Additional Association near HLA
Authors: Ramasamy A, Kuokkanen M, Vedantam S, Gajdos ZK, Alves AC, Lyon HN, Ferreira MAR, Strachan DP, Zhao JH, Abramson MJ, Brown MA, Coin L, Dharmage SC, Duffy DL, Haahtela T, Heath AC, Janson C, Kahonen M, Khaw KT, Laitinen J, Le Souef P, Lehtimaki T, Madden PAF, Marks GB, Martin NG, Matheson MC, Palmer CD, Palotie A, Pouta A, Robertson CF, Viikari J, Widen E, Wjst M, Jarvis DL, Montgomery GW, Thompson PJ, Wareham N, Eriksson J, Jousilahti P, Laitinen T, Pekkanen J, Raitakari OT, O'Connor GT, Salomaa V, Jarvelin MR, Hirschhorn JN
Publisher: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Publication year: 2012
Journal: PLoS ONE
Journal name in source: PLOS ONE
Journal acronym: PLOS ONE
Article number: ARTN e44008
Number in series: 9
Volume: 7
Issue: 9
Number of pages: 10
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044008
Conclusions: Population-based cohorts with simple asthma phenotypes represent a valuable and largely untapped resource for genetic studies of asthma.