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Genetic heterogeneity and risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Aug 2013
Meyer Nuala J, Christie Jason D
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variation explains some of the observed heterogeneity in patients' risk for developing the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Although the lack of extant family pedigrees for ARDS precludes an estimate of heritability of the syndrome, ARDS may function as a pattern of response to injury or infection, traits that exhibit strong heritability. A total of 34 genes have now been reported to influence...
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