Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Is Associated with Common Genetic Variants and Limited Rare Variants

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Abstract Rationale Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a rare, irreversible, and progressive disease of the lungs. Common genetic variants, in addition to nongenetic factors, have been consistently associated with IPF. Rare variants identified by candidate gene, family-based, and exome studies have also been reported to associate with IPF. However, the extent to which rare variants, genome-wide, may contribute...

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