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Low yield and utilization of confirmatory testing in a cohort of patients with liver disease assessed for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Jun 2015
Tapper Elliot B, Patwardhan Vilas R, Curry Michael
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BACKGROUND: Alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is often evaluated in patients with liver disease of unknown etiology. AIMS: We aimed to describe the practice and yield of AAT testing at a large clinical laboratory. METHODS: This is the retrospective cohort study of all patients with AAT measure...
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