Article
High prevalence of viral infection in adults with homozygous and heterozygous alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency and chronic liver disease.
Annals of internal medicine - 15 Oct 1992
Propst T, Propst A, Dietze O, Judmaier G, Braunsteiner H, Vogel W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of chronic liver disease in adults with homozygous (Pi ZZ) and heterozygous (Pi Z) alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency and to assess the presence of other possible risk factors for the development of chronic active hepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver in these pa...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Chronic Disease
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Female
- Hepatitis, Viral, Human
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Liver Diseases
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Prevalence
- Risk Factors
- alpha 1-Antitrypsin