Article
Alpha-1-protease inhibitor in bronchial asthma: phenotypes and biochemical characteristics.
The American review of respiratory disease - 1 Jun 1992
Gaillard M C, Kilroe-Smith T A, Nogueira C, Dunn D, Jenkins T, Fine B, Kallenbach J
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of the different phenotypes of alpha 1-protease inhibitor (alpha 1PI) was investigated in a group of 90 asthmatic patients and compared with that of a control group of 240 individuals representing the general population. The M2M2 phenotype occurred more frequently in the asthmatic group (p = 0.015). Plasma samples of 51 of the asthmatic patients randomly selected from the different phenotype groups...
Topics
- Adult
- Asthma
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Humans
- Male
- Pancreatic Elastase
- Phenotype
- Prevalence
- alpha 1-Antitrypsin
- alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency