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Making genomics functional: deciphering the genetics of acute lung injury.
Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society - 15 Apr 2008
Kamp Ryan, Sun Xiaoguang, Garcia Joe G N
Abstract excerpt
Acute lung injury (ALI) is a common and frequently devastating illness characterized by acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, profound inflammation, and flooding of the alveoli. Despite recent advances in ALI care, the morbidity and mortality of ALI continues to be unacceptably high. ALI-inciting events (e.g., sepsis, trauma, aspiration, pneumonia) are quite common, yet only a fraction of patients develop the...
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