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Patients With Alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency May Not Need Flu Vaccine
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Title Patients With Alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency May Not Need Flu Vaccine
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/568377?src=rss
Description Despite guidelines that recommend influenza vaccination for patients with alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), new research suggests that such vaccination has little impact on disease outcomes in those patients. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Allergy and Clinical Immunology
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Date Jan 9, 2008
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