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Emerging genetics of COPD.
EMBO molecular medicine - 1 Nov 2012
Berndt Annerose, Leme Adriana S, Shapiro Steven D
Abstract excerpt
Since the discovery of alpha-1 antitrypsin in the early 1960s, several new genes have been suggested to play a role in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) pathogenesis. Yet, in spite of those advances, much about the genetic basis of COPD still remains to be discovered. Unbiased approaches, such as genome-wide association (GWA) studies, are critical to identify genes and pathways and to verify suggested...
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