Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency - Diagnostic testing and disease awareness in Germany and Italy

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1400-1408

  Greulich, Timm ^a   Ottaviani, Stefania ^b   Bals, Robert ^c   Lepper, Philipp M ^c   Vogelmeier, Claus ^a   Luisetti, Maurizio ^b   Ferrarotti, Ilaria ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

COPD; Genetic test; Rare disease; Screening Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN;

ADULT; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENETIC TEST; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; PULMONOLOGY; RARE DISEASE; REGISTER; SCREENING; STANDARD; TIME TO TREATMENT; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; CLINICAL TRIAL; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

COPD; GENETIC TEST; KNOWLEDGE; RARE DISEASE; SCREENING;

ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; ITALY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PULMONARY MEDICINE; REGISTRIES; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84883055722     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2013.04.023     Document Type: Article

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