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Inherited chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: new selective-sequencing workup for alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency identifies 2 previously unidentified null alleles.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Jan 2008
Prins Janke, van der Meijden Brenda B, Kraaijenhagen Rob J, Wielders Jos P M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: alpha(1)-Antitrypsin (alpha(1)AT) deficiency predisposes individuals to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and/or liver disease. Phenotyping of the protein by isoelectric focusing is often used to characterize alpha(1)AT deficiency, but this method may lead to misdiagnosis (e.g., by missing null alleles). We evaluated a workup that included direct sequencing of the relevant parts of the gene...
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