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Diagnosis of alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency by DNA analysis of children with liver disease.
Arquivos de gastroenterologia - 1 Jan 2000
De Tommaso A M, Rossi C L, Escanhoela C A, Serra H G, Bertuzzo C S, Hessel G
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BACKGROUND: Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency is a genetic disorder which is transmitted in a co-dominant, autosomal form. Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency affects mainly the lungs and the liver leading, in the latter case, to neonatal cholestasis, chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis. A precise diagnosis of Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency may be obtained by biochemical or molecular analysis. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this...
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