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List of Keywords

Lung and Pulmonary: Alpha-1 Lung Disease (pathogenesis, characteristics); COPD; COPD-Emphysema; COPD-Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis

Liver and Hepatology: Alpha-1 Liver Disease (storage, intercellular, accumulation); Alpha-1 Liver Co-Mordibities

Treatment and Therapy: Augmentation therapy; Clinical treatments, respiratory therapy, disease management; Lung Transplantation; Liver Transplantation

Diagnosis: Genetic Testing; Imaging (CT, x-ray); Pulmonary Function Testing

Genetics and Basic Science: Genetic Research (characteristics of AAT, gene modifiers); Gene Therapy; Stem Cell Therapy; Basic Science Lung (molecular and cellular processes); Basic Science Liver (molecular and cellular processes); Inflammatory processes

Epidemiology and Public Health: Screening and detection; Prevalence; Patient Registries and Tissue Banks

Social Research: Bioethics; Legal Rights of Patients; Pharmoeconomics (cost of illness); Social research; Patient organizations; Health education and health literacy

This is a Rare Lung Disease Consortium pilot project. Funded in part by a grant from the Alpha-1 Foundation and supported by Grant No. U54 RR019498 awarded by the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health. ( Login )