Assessment of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
IJML-International Journal of Medical Laboratory. 2015; 2 (2): 112-120
in English
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ABSTRACT
Background and Aims:
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD] is a kind of pulmonary diseases characterized by chronic obstruction of lung that is in the form of a diffuse narrowing of airways resulting in air flow resistance. Alpha-1 antitrypsin [AAT] deficiency is genetically relatively common risk factor in patients with COPD throughout the world and the exact cause of its prevalence is unknown. We therefore performed a study to determine the frequency of AAT deficiency in patients with severe COPD compared to the healthy controls
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Language:
English
Journal:
Int. J. Med. Lab.
Year:
2015
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