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Asthma and COPD in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Evidence for the Dutch hypothesis.
COPD - 1 Oct 2010
Eden Edward
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This review summarizes the current information on the relationship between severe alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), asthma and COPD. AATD is a genetic predisposition to the development of early COPD in susceptible individuals and reduction in known factors that enhance lung function loss is the paramount aim of management. Asthma is one controllable condition that leads to the accelerated decline in lung...
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