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Testing 300 patients for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency in Caguas, Puerto Rico.

Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico - 1 Jan 2000

Correa Ramonita, Pérez Jorge, Brugal Yocasta, Terrasa José, Pérez Gumá José, Santana Arnulfo, Colón Edwin, Puig Gisela

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Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD) is an inherited disorder that can cause lung and liver disease in adults and children. Homozygosity for the Z phenotype is the principal cause of AATD. There are about 100,000 people with AATD in the United States (not including the Island of Puerto Rico), and about the same number in Europe. Despite being one of the most common potentially lethal genetic diseases among...

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