Article
Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency: a review; 1963-1975.
Annals of clinical and laboratory science - 1 Jan 2000
Heidelberger K P
Abstract excerpt
Alpha-1-antitrypsin (A1AT) deficiency originally was recognized as a biochemical abnormality in patients with pulmonary emphysema. Studies of the protein nature of A1AT during attempts to help explain the disease, led to the recognition of a protein polymorphism which expressed itself in several...
Topics
- Deficiency Diseases
- Female
- Humans
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Male
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Pulmonary Emphysema
- alpha 1-Antitrypsin
- alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
