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Labelling Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency in the medical record - A call to action.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Mar 2022
Riley Leonard, Lascano Jorge
Abstract excerpt
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is an autosomal codominant genetic cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with over 100 allelic variants described. The normal allele is termed "M"; whereas, the "Z" and "S" alleles are the most common abnormal alleles. The ZZ combination accounts for 95% of cases with severe disease. We described the characteristics of patients given the label of AATD in the...
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