Article
[The variability of clinical presentation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with hereditary alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency].
Pneumonologia i alergologia polska - 1 Jan 2004
Kuca Paweł, Kamiński Dariusz, Campbell Edward, Kołakowski Jacek, Goljan-Geremek Anna, Puścińska Elzbieta, Bieleń Przemysław, Nowiński Adam, Wojda Emil, Hawryłkiewicz Iwona, Sliwiński Paweł, Górecka Dorota
Abstract excerpt
Four patients with alpha-1 antitrypsin (alpha-1 AT) deficiency are presented: one woman with severe (phenotype PiZ) and 3 men with moderate (phenotype PiMZ) deficiency of alpha-1 AT. The variability of clinical presentation of hereditary emphysema is described. In all patients tobacco smoking history, spirometric and 6-minutes walking tests as well as HRCT of the lung were performed and compared. The influence of...
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