Author's response to reviews Title: A pooling-based genome-wide analysis identifies new potential candidate genes for atopy in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) Authors:
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Francesc Castro-Giner ([email protected]) Mariona Bustamante ([email protected]) Juan Ramon González ([email protected]) Manolis Kogevinas ([email protected]) Deborah Jarvis ([email protected]) Joachim Heinrich ([email protected]) Josep-Maria Antó ([email protected]) Matthias Wjst ([email protected]) Xavier Estivill ([email protected]) Rafael de Cid ([email protected])
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