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Genetic associations with hypoxemia and pulmonary arterial pressure in COPD.
Chest - 1 Mar 2009
Castaldi Peter J, Hersh Craig P, Reilly John J, Silverman Edwin K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hypoxemia, hypercarbia, and pulmonary arterial hypertension are known complications of advanced COPD. We sought to identify genetic polymorphisms associated with these traits in a population of patients with severe COPD from the National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT). METHODS: In 389 participants from the NETT Genetics Ancillary Study, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped in five...
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