Prevalence of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and allele frequency in patients with COPD in Brazil

Prevalence of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and allele frequency in patients with COPD in Brazil

ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the prevalence of alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency (AATD), as well as allele frequency, in COPD patients in Brazil. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving 926 COPD patients 40 years of age or older, from five Brazilian states. All patients underwen...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Russo, Laura Russo Zillmer, Oliver Augusto Nascimento, Beatriz Manzano, Ivan Teruaki Ivanaga, Leandro Fritscher, Fernando Lundgren, Marc Miravitlles, Heicilainy Del Carlos Gondim, Gildo Santos Junior, Marcela Amorim Alves, Maria Vera Oliveira, Altay Alves Lino de Souza, Maria Penha Uchoa Sales, José Roberto Jardim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Subjects:
alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency/epidemiology
pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive/epidemiology
Alleles
alpha 1-antitrypsin
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