Dissecting direct and indirect genetic effects on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) susceptibility

Human Genetics

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 431-441

  Siedlinski, Mateusz ^a   Tingley, Dustin ^b   Lipman, Peter J ^c   Cho, Michael H ^a,d   Litonjua, Augusto A ^a,d   Sparrow, David ^e   Bakke, Per ^f   Gulsvik, Amund ^f   Lomas, David A ^g   Anderson, Wayne ^h   Kong, Xiangyang ^h   Rennard, Stephen I ⁱ   Beaty, Terri H ^j   Hokanson, John E ^k   Crapo, James D ^l   Lange, Christoph ^c   Silverman, Edwin K ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^k Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^l DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADULT; AGPHD1 GENE; ARTICLE; CHRNA3 GENE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAM13A GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HHIP GENE; HUMAN; IREB2 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING;

AGED; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IRON REGULATORY PROTEIN 2; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84876496349     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-012-1262-3     Document Type: Article

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