Article
Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency--diagnosis, treatment, and control: identification of patients.
Lung - 1 Jan 1990
Buist A S
Abstract excerpt
Severe alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is a relatively common inherited condition in populations of Northern European heritage. Current estimates of the prevalence of the PiZ phenotype range between 1/3500 and 1/1670 in the United States. Clues to the whereabouts of the undiagnosed individuals with severe hereditary AAT deficiency can come from the existing information about the natural history and clinical...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Humans
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Lung Diseases, Obstructive
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Pulmonary Emphysema