Quantitative analysis of lungs and airways with CT in subjects with the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) candidate FAM13A gene: case control study for CT quantification in COPD risk gene.

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) candidate gene, based on a genomewide association study, and computed tomographic (CT) quantitative analysis; and to find a phenotype in the COPD candidate FAM13A gene. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was conducted in subclinical male smokers between 2 groups with matched age and smoking status; 162 subjects (mean...

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