Patients with low or borderline serum levels are tested with phenotyping (serum levels < 100 mg/dL) by isoelectric focusing (IEF) is the most commonly used method to definitively detect the<unk> 1-antitrypsin phenotype that indicates a risk for AATD. Genotyping uses DNA extracted from circulating mononuclear blood cells that utilizes DNA amplification techniques with melt-curve analysis.
Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency other diagnostic studies
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis other diagnostic studies
Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency differential diagnosis
Bronchiectasis other diagnostic studies
Pneumoconiosis other diagnostic studies
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease other diagnostic studies
Adult bronchiolitis other diagnostic studies
Bronchiectasis risk factors