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alpha1-Antitrypsin deficiency is not an important cause of childhood liver diseases in a multi-ethnic Southeast Asian population.
Journal of paediatrics and child health - 1 Sept 2007
Lee Way Seah, Yap Sook Fan, Looi Lai Meng
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AIM: We conducted a prospective study to determine the role of alpha1-antitrypsin (alpha1AT) deficiency in the pathogenesis of neonatal cholestasis and other childhood liver diseases in a multi-ethnic Southeast Asian population. METHODS: Prospective patients with neonatal cholestasis (group 1), other liver diseases (group 2) and children with other medical conditions (group 3) referred to the Paediatric Unit,...
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