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Variants of alpha 1-antitrypsin in Puerto Rican children with asthma.
Chest - 1 Mar 1993
Colp C, Pappas J, Moran D, Lieberman J
Abstract excerpt
A survey of 393 Puerto Rican and 354 non-Hispanic pediatric patients at Beth Israel Hospital, New York, revealed a significantly larger percentage of asthmatic subjects among Puerto Ricans, confirming findings of a study of Puerto Rican adults in New York. Assays of alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) concentration and phenotypes in 61 Puerto Rican asthmatic children revealed a significantly larger number with an S or Z...
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