Article
Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency in childhood.
Seminars in liver disease - 1 Aug 2007
Teckman Jeffrey H
Abstract excerpt
Alpha (1)-antitrypsin deficiency is a common genetic disease in which individuals homozygous for the mutant Z allele are at risk for the development of liver disease and emphysema. The mutant Z protein product is synthesized in hepatocytes but then accumulates intracellularly rather then being appropriately secreted. The effects of the intracellular accumulation of the mutant Z protein in the liver include the...
Topics
- Child
- Humans
- Liver Diseases
- Phenotype
- alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
