Respiratory symptoms among infants at risk for asthma: association with surfactant protein A haplotypes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We examined the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in loci encoding surfactant protein A (SFTPA) and risk of wheeze and persistent cough during the first year of life among a cohort of infants at risk for deve...

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Main Authors: Bracken Michael B, Holford Theodore R, Belanger Kathleen D, Triche Elizabeth W, Zhu Yong, Gent Janneane F, Pettigrew Melinda M, Leaderer Brian P
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Genetics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2350/8/15