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Familial transmission of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adoptees: a Swedish nationwide family study.

BMJ open - 13 Apr 2015

Zöller Bengt, Li Xinjun, Sundquist Jan, Sundquist Kristina

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OBJECTIVES: Familial clustering of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is well established, but the familial risk of COPD has not been determined among adoptees. The aim was to determine whether the familial transmission of COPD is related to disease in biological and/or adoptive parents. DESIGN: Historic cohort study. PARTICIPANTS: 80,214 (50% females). METHODS: The Swedish Multi-Generation Register was...

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PMID: 25869691
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007310
PMCID: PMC4401855

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