[Screening for alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency using dried blood spot: Assessment of the first 20 months].

CONCLUSIONS: The results of this targeted screening program for alpha1- antitrypsin deficiency using a dried capillary blood sample reflect improvement in early diagnosis of this deficiency in lung disease with good adherence of the pulmonologists to this awareness campaign. PMID: 32859429 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32859429?dopt=Abstract

Source: Revue des Maladies Respiratoires - August 30, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Rev Mal Respir Source Type: research

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