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The IDDEA project: a strategy for the detection of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency in COPD patients in the primary care setting.
Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease - 1 Aug 2011
Molina Jesús, Flor Xavier, García Rosa, Timiraos Rosario, Tirado-Conde Gema, Miravitlles Marc
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OBJECTIVE: Primary care provides the main route for access to health care for patients with common chronic illnesses such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is an underdiagnosed pathology associated with COPD risk which has a very low prevalence. The Information and Detection of the Deficiency of AAT (IDDEA) project was developed to identify AAT-deficient...
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