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What genes tell us about the pathogenesis of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Jun 2010
Weiss Scott T
Abstract excerpt
Recently a series of genome-wide association study manuscripts in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have been published. These papers suggest that, in part, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have a common genetic origin, and that this common origin is due to polymorphism in genes that are involved with the development of the lung. This Pulmonary Perspective discusses what we are...
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