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Changes in the DENND1B gene increase the risk of childhood asthma
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  1. S Haney
  1. Correspondence to S Haney, Wansbeck Hospital, Northumbria, UK; sas_haney{at}yahoo.co.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2010.136283

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