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A larger registry database is needed for a better understanding of the characteristics and natural history of carriers of this rare variant&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0035"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a></p><span id="sec0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0005">Conflicts of interest</span><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Teresa Martin has received speaker fees from Menarini and GlaxoSmithKline&#46; Marc Miravitlles has received speaker fees from AstraZeneca&#44; Boehringer Ingelheim&#44; Chiesi&#44; Cipla&#44; Menarini&#44; Rovi&#44; Bial&#44; Sandoz&#44; Zambon&#44; CSL Behring&#44; Grifols and Novartis&#44; consulting fees from AstraZeneca&#44; Boehringer Ingelheim&#44; Chiesi&#44; GlaxoSmithKline&#44; Bial&#44; Gebro Pharma&#44; Kamada&#44; CSL Behring&#44; Laboratorios Esteve&#44; Ferrer&#44; Mereo Biopharma&#44; Spin Therapeutics&#44; Verona Pharma&#44; TEVA&#44; 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Letter to the Editor
A PI*MS is not always a PI*MS. An example of when genotyping for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency is necessary
T. Martína,
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teresamartinrioja@gmail.com

Corresponding author at: Pneumology Department, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Av. Carlos Teixeira 3, 2674-514 Loures, Portugal.
, M. Miravitllesb, S.T. Furtadoa
a Pneumology Department, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, Portugal
b Pneumology Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain
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A larger registry database is needed for a better understanding of the characteristics and natural history of carriers of this rare variant&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0035"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a></p><span id="sec0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0005">Conflicts of interest</span><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Teresa Martin has received speaker fees from Menarini and GlaxoSmithKline&#46; Marc Miravitlles has received speaker fees from AstraZeneca&#44; Boehringer Ingelheim&#44; Chiesi&#44; Cipla&#44; Menarini&#44; Rovi&#44; Bial&#44; Sandoz&#44; Zambon&#44; CSL Behring&#44; Grifols and Novartis&#44; consulting fees from AstraZeneca&#44; Boehringer Ingelheim&#44; Chiesi&#44; GlaxoSmithKline&#44; Bial&#44; Gebro Pharma&#44; Kamada&#44; CSL Behring&#44; Laboratorios Esteve&#44; Ferrer&#44; Mereo Biopharma&#44; Spin Therapeutics&#44; Verona Pharma&#44; TEVA&#44; pH Pharma&#44; Novartis&#44; Sanofi and Grifols and research grants from GlaxoSmithKline and Grifols&#46; Sofia Tello Furtado has received speaker fees from AstraZeneca&#44; Boehringer Ingelheim&#44; Bial&#44; Novartis&#44; Boehringer Ingelheim&#44; and GlaxoSmithKline&#46;</p></span></span>"
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