The physician suspects that your patient may have $\alpha$₁-antitrypsin ($\alpha$-AT)deficiency.Which disease process would help to confirm this diagnosis?

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$\alpha$-AT deficiency is a genetic defect that can lead to the development of severe panacinar emphysema.In about 50% of cases of emphysema that result from F1F1F1S1?F1F1F10₁-proteinase inhibitor (API)deficiency,there is accompanying chronic bronchitis with mucus hypersecretion,perhaps as a result of secretory cell metaplasia caused by unchecked proteases in the epithelial lining fluid.

The Physician Suspects That Your Patient May Have α\alphaα 1-Antitrypsin α\alphaα

The Physician Suspects That Your Patient May Have $\alpha$ ₁-Antitrypsin $\alpha$