Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and Smoking Cessation: Tackling the Burden of COPD One Test at a Time?

Chest. 2023 Apr;163(4):e197. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.10.043.

Authors

Suzanne M Roche¹, Tomás P Carroll², Daniel D Fraughen², Noel G McElvaney²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Irish Centre for Genetic Lung Disease, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland; National Centre for Expertise in AATD, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address: SuzanneRoche@RCSI.com.
² Department of Medicine, Irish Centre for Genetic Lung Disease, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland; National Centre for Expertise in AATD, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

PMID: 37031997
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.10.043

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive* / diagnosis
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive* / epidemiology
Smoking Cessation*
alpha 1-Antitrypsin
alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency* / diagnosis

Substances

alpha 1-Antitrypsin