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Vitamin D binding protein variants and the risk of COPD.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Mar 1998
Schellenberg D, Paré P D, Weir T D, Spinelli J J, Walker B A, Sandford A J
Abstract excerpt
Although the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in smokers shows genetic susceptibility, only alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency has been identified as a definite genetic risk factor. There have been three previous studies in which associations between Gc-globulin phenotypes a...
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