Summary

However, researchers are learning that the origins of the disease may lie decades earlier in how children's lungs grow and develop. New research presented at the European Respiratory Society ( ERS ) Congress in Barcelona, Spain, suggests that babies born with a higher genetic risk for COPD showed reduced lung function growth between birth and age 6, which could place them on a path to developing the disease.

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