Childhood asthma and hay fever are heritable, but specific high-risk genetic variants are not shared between diseases

Conclusion: While childhood asthma and hay fever are both highly heritable, high-risk genetic variants associated with asthma were typically not shared between these diseases.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - October 30, 2015 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Ullemar, V., Magnusson, P., Lundholm, C., Zettergren, A., Melen, E., Lichtenstein, P., Almqvist, C. Tags: 7.6 Paediatric Respiratory Epidemiology Source Type: research