The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 124, Issue 6 , Pages 1204-1209.e9 , December 2009

Sequencing the IL4 locus in African Americans implicates rare noncoding variants in asthma susceptibility

  • Gabe Haller, BA

      Affiliations

    • G. Haller is currently affiliated with Washington University, Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, St Louis, Mo.
    • ,
  • Dara G. Torgerson, PhD
    • ,
  • Carole Ober, PhD
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  • Emma E. Thompson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Emma E. Thompson, PhD, University of Chicago, Department of Human Genetics, 920 E. 58th Street, Chicago, IL 60637.

Received 20 July 2009 ,Revised 9 September 2009 ,Accepted 10 September 2009.

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 Supported by R01 HL72414, U01 HL049596, and M01 RR00055. D.G.T. is supported by R01 HL087665 and U10 HL064313. E.E.T. is supported by T32 HL007605.

 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: The authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(09)01401-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.09.013

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 124, Issue 6 , Pages 1204-1209.e9 , December 2009

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