A genome-wide association study of COPD identifies a susceptibility locus on chromosome 19q13

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 947-957

  Cho, Michael H ^a   Castaldi, Peter J ^a   Wan, Emily S ^a   Siedlinski, Mateusz ^a   Hersh, Craig P ^a   Demeo, Dawn L ^a   Himes, Blanca E ^a   Sylvia, Jody S ^a   Klanderman, Barbara J ^a   Ziniti, John P ^a   Lange, Christoph ^b   Litonjua, Augusto A ^a   Sparrow, David ^c,d,e   Regan, Elizabeth A ^f   Make, Barry J ^f   Hokanson, John E ^g   Murray, Tanda ^h   Hetmanski, Jacqueline B ^h   Pillai, Sreekumar G ⁱ   Kong, Xiangyang ^j   Anderson, Wayne H ⁱ   Tal Singer, Ruth ^j   Lomas, David A ^k   Coxson, Harvey O ^l   Edwards, Lisa D ⁱ   MacNee, William ^m   Vestbo, Jørgen ⁿ   Yates, Julie C ⁱ   Agusti, Alvar ^o   Calverley, Peter M A ^p   Celli, Bartolome ^a   Crim, Courtney ⁱ   Rennard, Stephen ^q   Wouters, Emiel ^r   Bakke, Per ^s   Gulsvik, Amund ^s   Crapo, James D ^f   Beaty, Terri H ^h   Silverman, Edwin K ^a   more..

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^j Institute for Heart and Lung Health ^*

^k UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^o INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^r MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^s HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84856337050     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr524     Document Type: Article

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