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Asthma Genetics

A Case Study

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Abstract

Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood, affecting an estimated 155 million individuals in the world. The cost of treating the disease in the United States is approx $6 billion dollars per annum (1). More than half of this expense is spent on hospital care and 80% is attributable to the 20% of patients who require the most treatment (1). The market to the pharmaceutical industry for asthma medication is $5.5 billion per annum (2).

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