Chair(s): Omar S. Usmani, Apostolos Bossios, Vanessa M. McDonald
Session type: State of the art session
MeiLan K. Han
Session content
The COPDGeneŽ Study: investigating the underlying genetic factors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Meilan K. Han
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Monica Kraft
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Session aims
to discuss effective studies on phenotypes and endotypes of airway diseases, the novel, discovered underlying pathologies and novel therapies based on longitudinal cohorts; to present the long-term effects of different therapies; to explain input of longitudinal cohorts to our current knowledge about airway diseases; to critically review the setting up and results of four main longitudinal cohorts.