Matrix metalloproteinase 12, asthma, and COPD

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 2664-2665

  Brusselle, Guy G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROPHAGE ELASTASE;

ADAM33 GENE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENE; HEREDITY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 12; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING;

EID: 74049118843     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0910626     Document Type: Editorial

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