Respiratory Medicine

Expiratory rates in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease link to select genes

Published in Genomics and Genetics Weekly, March 4th, 2005

Expiratory rates in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease link to select genes.

According to a study from the United States, "familial aggregation of forced expiratory flow during the middle half of the forced vital capacity (FVC) (forced mid-expiratory flow rate (FEF25-75%)) and FEF25-75%/FVC has been observed in the Boston Early-Onset Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Study, but linkage results have not been reported for these phenotypes."

"An autosomal whole genome-wide linkage scan was performed in 72 pedigrees ascertained through a proband with severe, early-onset chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and linkage analyses of FEF25-75% and...

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Source: Genomics and Genetics Weekly (2005-03-04)

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