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CHRNA3/5, IREB2, and ADCY2 are associated with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Poland.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology - 1 Aug 2012
Hardin Megan, Zielinski Jan, Wan Emily S, Hersh Craig P, Castaldi Peter J, Schwinder Eric, Hawrylkiewicz Iwona, Sliwinski Pawel, Cho Michael H, Silverman Edwin K
Abstract excerpt
We examined the association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) previously associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and/or lung function with COPD and COPD-related phenotypes in a novel cohort of patients with severe to very severe COPD. We examined 315 cases of COPD and 330 Caucasian control smokers from Poland. We included three SNPs previously associated with COPD: rs7671167...
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