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Review
. 2006 Jul;3(5):405-8.
doi: 10.1513/pats.200603-092AW.

Progress in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease genetics

Edwin K Silverman  1
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Review

Progress in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease genetics

Edwin K Silverman. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

Familial aggregation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been demonstrated, suggesting that genetic factors likely influence the variable development of chronic airflow obstruction in response to smoking. A variety of approaches have been used to identify novel COPD susceptibility genes, including association studies, linkage analysis, and rare variant analysis. Future directions for COPD research include genomewide association studies and animal model genetic studies.

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