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REVIEW COPD AND

α1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY

Targeted screening programmes in COPD: how to identify individuals with α1-antitrypsin deficiency Joanna Chorostowska-Wynimko Affiliation: Dept of Genetics and Clinical Immunology, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Warsaw, Poland. Correspondence: Joanna Chorostowska-Wynimko, Dept of Genetics and Clinical Immunology, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Warsaw, Poland. E-mail: [email protected]

ABSTRACT α1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is a significantly under-recognised autosomal genetic disorder with