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Framingham Heart Study genome-wide association: results for pulmonary function measures.
BMC medical genetics - 19 Sept 2007
Wilk Jemma B, Walter Robert E, Laramie Jason M, Gottlieb Daniel J, O'Connor George T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary function measures obtained by spirometry are used to diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and are highly heritable. We conducted genome-wide association (GWA) analyses (Affymetrix 100K SNP GeneChip) for measures of lung function in the Framingham Heart Study. METHODS: Ten spirometry phenotypes including percent of predicted measures, mean spirometry measures over two...
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