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Mutation in the 3' region of the alpha-1-antitrypsin gene and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Oct 1997
Sandford A J, Spinelli J J, Weir T D, Paré P D
Abstract excerpt
A mutation in the 3' flanking region of the alpha-1-antitrypsin gene has been reported to be associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We have investigated the prevalence of this mutation in a group of 185 patients with airway obstruction and in 69 non-obstructed controls. The subjects were selected on the basis of their development of lung cancer and therefore had similar exposure to...
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