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CT scanning-based phenotypes vary with ADRB2 polymorphisms in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Jan 2009
Kim Woo Jin, Oh Yeon-Mok, Sung Joohon, Lee Young Kyung, Seo Joon Beom, Kim NamKug, Kim Tae-Hyung, Huh Jin Won, Lee Ji-Hyun, Kim Eun-Kyung, Lee Jin Hwa, Lee Sang-Min, Lee Sangyeub, Lim Seong Yong, Shin Tae Rim, Yoon Ho Il, Kwon Sung-Youn, Lee Sang Do
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous disease that is characterized by varying degrees of involvement of airway and lung parenchyma. Although cigarette smoke is the major risk factor for COPD, the principal determining factors of involvement of the airway or lung parenchyma have not been clearly defined. Genetic variability in COPD patients might influence the varying degrees...
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