CTLA4 polymorphisms and COPD

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 457-458

  Wood, A M ^a,b   Newby, P R ^a   Gough, S C ^a   Stockley, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4;

ADULT; ALLELE; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ANTIGENS, CD; AUTOIMMUNITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 76149145055     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00134709     Document Type: Letter

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