Respiratory Medicine
Volume 100, Issue 8 , Pages 1384-1391 , August 2006

Asthma and allergy in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

  • Edward Eden

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +12125237341; fax: +12125238426.
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  • Charlie Strange

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Allergy and Asthma, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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  • Brian Holladay

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Allergy and Asthma, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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  • Lianqi Xie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

Received 12 August 2005 ,Accepted 22 November 2005.

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    (A) shows a nonproportional Venn diagram for the Registry participants to indicate the proportion of subjects reporting one or more COPD conditions. The box represents the total cases. The diagrams ar

    (A) shows a nonproportional Venn diagram for the Registry participants to indicate the proportion of subjects reporting one or more COPD conditions. The box represents the total cases. The diagrams are further subdivided according to whether or not ever wheezing was reported in the questionnaire. The three circles within represent chronic bronchitis, emphysema and asthma. The numbers in each area indicate the number of participants in each category. Numbers in parentheses show the percentage of participants reporting asthma in each category. (B) As above but for participants with the PiZZ phenotype. (C) As above but for participants with the PiMZ phenotype.

PII: S0954-6111(05)00507-X

doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.11.017

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 100, Issue 8 , Pages 1384-1391 , August 2006

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