Pulmonary function and emphysema in Williams-Beuren syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 653-656

  Wan, Emily S ^a   Pober, Barbara R ^b   Washko, George R ^a   Raby, Benjamin A ^a   Silverman, Edwin K ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastin; Emphysema; Pulmonary function tests; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEMIZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; ELASTIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; WILLIAMS SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

MUS;

EID: 77649205112     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33300     Document Type: Article

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