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Ngim Ung

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Choudhry S, Coyle N, Tang H, Salari K, Lind D, Clark S, et al.
Hum Genet . 2005 Nov; 118(5):652-64. PMID: 16283388
In the United States, asthma prevalence and mortality are the highest among Puerto Ricans and the lowest among Mexicans. Case-control association studies are a powerful strategy for identifying genes of...
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Salari K, Choudhry S, Tang H, Naqvi M, Lind D, Avila P, et al.
Genet Epidemiol . 2005 May; 29(1):76-86. PMID: 15918156
Genetic association studies in admixed populations may be biased if individual ancestry varies within the population and the phenotype of interest is associated with ancestry. However, recently admixed populations also...
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Choudhry S, Avila P, Nazario S, Ung N, Kho J, Rodriguez-Santana J, et al.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med . 2005 May; 172(2):173-82. PMID: 15879416
Background: A recent family-based genomewide screen revealed linkage between the 5q31 region and the diagnosis of asthma, but only in those exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Among the candidate...
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Choudhry S, Ung N, Avila P, Ziv E, Nazario S, Casal J, et al.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med . 2004 Nov; 171(6):563-70. PMID: 15557128
Background: In the United States, Puerto Ricans and Mexicans have the highest and lowest asthma prevalence, morbidity, and mortality, respectively. Ethnic-specific differences in the response to drug treatment may contribute...
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Lind D, Choudhry S, Ung N, Ziv E, Avila P, Salari K, et al.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med . 2003 Sep; 168(11):1312-6. PMID: 12958057
A recent study identified the ADAM33 gene as a promising candidate contributing to asthma. In Puerto Rican and Mexican populations, we have genotyped six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that were...