Rapid screening for α1-antitrypsin deficiency in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using dried blood specimens

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 814-817

  Rodriguez, Francisco ^a   Jardí, Rosendo ^a   Costa, Xose ^a   Cotrina, Montserrat ^a   Galimany, Roman ^a   Vidal, Rafael ^a   Miravitlles, Marc ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

1 antitrypsin deficiency; Dried blood spot; LightCycler analyzer; Proteinase inhibitor S allele; Proteinase inhibitor Z allele

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; DNA; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; ALLELE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD; DNA; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0037104966     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2203025     Document Type: Article

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