α1-antitrypsin deficiency: A report from the 2nd meeting of the alpha one international registry, Rapallo (Genoa, Italy), 2001

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1050-1056

  Luisetti, M ^a   Miravitlles, M ^a   Stockley, R A ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

1 antitrypsin deficiency; Epidermiology; Genetics; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE;

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ANEURYSM; AWARENESS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SAFETY; GENE THERAPY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PANNICULITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SIDE EFFECT; STANDARDIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR;

ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ITALY; MALE; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036771798     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.02.00302502     Document Type: Conference Paper

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