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Cardiovascular disease in Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency: an observational study assessing the role of neutrophil proteinase activity and the suitability of validated screening tools.
2023-08-03
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<title>Abstract</title><p><bold>Background:</bold>Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD) is a rare, inherited lung disease which shares features with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) but has a greater burden of proteinase related tissue damage. These proteinases are associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the general population. It is unclear whether patients with AATD have a greater risk of CVD...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a059bcf2-5bb8-570e-9257-4c6eeaab3906
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2808448/v1
