Alpha-1 antitrypsin gene polymorphism in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of emphysema, the pathological lesion underlying the majority of the manifestations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). In this study we tested the hypothesis that common AAT polymorphisms influence the risk of develo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572010000100006 |