Overview

About this study

Patients with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency are prone to having an imbalance of lung Elastin degradation which render the patient's lung’s susceptible to inflammatory insults.  We have postulated that a severe COVID infection would accentuate this inflammatory imbalance and be more likely to lead the patient into a hospitalization event.  Our hypothesis would be to determine if this genetic mutation is found more frequently and patients who have been hospitalized with COVID.

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