Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 7 , Pages 1020-1024 , July 2009

Association of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma gene polymorphisms with the development of asthma

  • Sun-Hee Oh

      Affiliations

    • Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, 1174, Jung Dong, Wonmi Ku, Bucheon, Gyeonggi Do, 420-021, Republic of Korea
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  • Se-Min Park

      Affiliations

    • Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, 1174, Jung Dong, Wonmi Ku, Bucheon, Gyeonggi Do, 420-021, Republic of Korea
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  • Yoo Hoon Lee

      Affiliations

    • Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, 1174, Jung Dong, Wonmi Ku, Bucheon, Gyeonggi Do, 420-021, Republic of Korea
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  • Ji Yeon Cha

      Affiliations

    • Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, 1174, Jung Dong, Wonmi Ku, Bucheon, Gyeonggi Do, 420-021, Republic of Korea
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  • Ji-Yeon Lee

      Affiliations

    • Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, 1174, Jung Dong, Wonmi Ku, Bucheon, Gyeonggi Do, 420-021, Republic of Korea
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  • Eun Kyong Shin

      Affiliations

    • Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, 1174, Jung Dong, Wonmi Ku, Bucheon, Gyeonggi Do, 420-021, Republic of Korea
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  • Jong-Sook Park

      Affiliations

    • Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, 1174, Jung Dong, Wonmi Ku, Bucheon, Gyeonggi Do, 420-021, Republic of Korea
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  • Byeong-Lae Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics, Republic of Korea
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  • Hyoung Doo Shin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics, Republic of Korea
    • Department of Life Science, Sogang University, 1 Shinsu-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, 121-742, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Life Science, Sogang University, 1 Shinsu-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, 121-742, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +82 2 705 8615; fax: +182 2 2026 4299.
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  • Choon-Sik Park

      Affiliations

    • Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, 1174, Jung Dong, Wonmi Ku, Bucheon, Gyeonggi Do, 420-021, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, 1174, Jung Dong, Wonmi Ku, Bucheon, Gyeonggi Do, 420-021, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +82 32 621 5105; fax: +82 32 621 5016.

Received 16 September 2008 ,Accepted 15 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.01.015

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 7 , Pages 1020-1024 , July 2009

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