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Pharmacogenetics of asthma in children

Allergic diseases such as bronchial asthma and atopic dermatitis develop by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Several candidate causative genes of asthma and atopy have been reported as the genetic factors. The clinical features of patients and causes of diseases vary. Therefore, p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kondo, Naomi, Matsui, Eiko, Nishimura, Akane, Kaneko, Hideo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology; The Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20224673
http://dx.doi.org/10.4168/aair.2010.2.1.14
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Sumario:Allergic diseases such as bronchial asthma and atopic dermatitis develop by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Several candidate causative genes of asthma and atopy have been reported as the genetic factors. The clinical features of patients and causes of diseases vary. Therefore, personalized medicine (tailor-made medicine) is necessary for the improvement of quality of life (QOL) and for asthma cure. Pharmacogenetics is very important for personalized medicine. Here, we present the genetics and pharmacogenetics of asthma in children. Finally, we show the guideline for personalized medicine for asthma, particularly in childhood, including the pharmacogenetics of anti-asthmatic drugs, preliminarily produced by the authors.