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Rapid analysis of alpha1-antitrypsin PiZ genotype by a real-time PCR approach.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Jan 2000
Ortiz-Pallardó M E, Zhou H, Fischer H P, Neuhaus T, Sachinidis A, Vetter H, Brüning T, Ko Y
Abstract excerpt
alpha1-Antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is a common inherited cause of emphysema and cirrhotic liver disease. Current laboratory diagnosis of Pi (proteinase inhibitor) status by protein analysis depends on the availability of blood samples and has a limited accuracy. Single-strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) analysis and direct DNA sequencing can be performed from blood cells or from tissue samples, but it is...
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