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View Post: Unique But Not Alone: Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and the Flu
25 Oct 2009 by noreply@blogger.com (Jen)  
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and the Flu. Grace has come down with the flu, just which virus it is...I don't know. I'm betting that many parents of children with Alpha-1 have questions about how to treat their children when they have ...
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View Post: Fantastic Voyage: A journey through my DNA and Personal Genomics ...
19 Oct 2009 by Grant M. Wood  
A paper on Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency was published this summer in the New England Journal of Medicine. One of the authors, Dr. Robert A. Sandhaus, is also a board member and Medical Director of AlphaNet. The article states that ...
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View Post: Notes from Dr. RW: Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency review in NEJM
27 Jul 2009 by RW Donnell  
For patients with end stage liver disease transplantation reverses the syndrome of liver failure and comes with the added bonus of curing the alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency! Posted by R. W. Donnell at 12:04 AM ...
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View Post: Development of Predictive Models for Airflow Obstruction in Alpha ...
1 Oct 2009 by Castaldi, PJ, DeMeo, DL, Kent, DM, Campbell,...  
Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency is a genetic condition associated with severe, early-onset chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, there is significant variability in lung function impairment among persons with the ...
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View Post: Morning Report » Blog Archive » Liver tranplantation in alpha 1 ...
29 Sep 2009 by cbw  
This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 at 11:53 am and is filed under Liver transplantation, alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency, liver disease. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. ...
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View Post: Forum for Dupuytren's contracture » Dupuytren » Does DC have any ...
28 Oct 2009 by flojo  
Does DC have any correlation to Alpa 1 antitrypsin deficiency or other diseases - Just been diagnosed with Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency.After reading the blurb on this, I wonder if any other DC sufferers have this or if anyone out ...
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View Post: genome.gov
Learning About Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (ATTD)
20 Nov 2006 ...
View Blog: http://www.genome.gov/10001204

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View Post: Talecris Biotherapeutics Receives FDA Approval for Prolastin-C
18 Oct 2009
Prolastin and Prolastin-C are indicated for chronic augmentation and maintenance therapy of individuals having congenital deficiency of alpha-1 PI (alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency) with clinically demonstrable panacinar emphysema. ...
View Blog: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals - http://www.drugs.com/newdrugs.html

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View Post: alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
28 Aug 2009 by DoctorFrog  
what is alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency? alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (alpha-1) is a hereditary genetic disorder which may lead to the development of lung and/or liver disease. it is the most common genetic cause of liver disease in ...
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