Diagnosis of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD) in Primary Care

Diagnóstico del déficit de alfa-1 antitripsina en atención primaria

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[Barrecheguren M] Servei de Pneumologia, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain. [Panero Hidalgo P] Primary Care Physician, UGC Valle de Lecrín, Granada, Spain. [Figueira Gonçalves JM] Respiratory Department, Research Unit, University Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain. Canary Tropical Disease and Public Health Institute, La Laguna University, La Laguna, Spain. [de Miguel Díez J] Servicio de Neumología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus

Publication date

2024-04-09T10:43:47Z

2024-04-09T10:43:47Z

2024-02-19



Abstract

Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency; Primary care


Dèficit d'alfa-1 antitripsina; Atenció primària


Déficit de alfa-1 antitripsina; Atención primaria


The World Health Organization and respiratory societies such as the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR)3 and the Europeran Respiratory Society (ERS)4 recommend testing of all COPD patients. Due to its great variability in the clinical expression of pulmonary disease, they also recommend testing for AATD adults with non-completely reversible asthma or with bronchiectasis of unknown etiology

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English

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Elsevier

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