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Screening for alpha1-Pi deficiency in patients with lung diseases.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Aug 2002
Wencker M, Marx A, Konietzko N, Schaefer B, Campbell E J
Abstract excerpt
In patients with pulmonary emphysema, studies have reported 2-3% of individuals with severe alpha1-Pi deficiency. The aims of this study were to evaluate the accuracy of a new method for quantifying alpha1-Pi through phenotyping from dried blood spots (DBS) and to test the hypothesis that the screening of a population at risk increases the detection rate for severe alpha1-Pi deficiency. The accuracy of...
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