Article
[Alpha 1-antitrypsin and its phenotype in patients with asthma and aspirin hypersensitivity].
Pneumonologia i alergologia polska - 1 Jan 1991
Szmidt M, Grzelewska-Rzymowska I, Kowalski M L, Rozniecki J
Abstract excerpt
Alpha-1 antitrypsin (A-1-AT) levels were determined in 46 patients with aspirin sensitive asthma using the Eriksson method. The control group was made up of 17 asthmatics without aspirin sensitivity and 78 healthy volunteers. In 30 patients with aspirin asthma the phenotype of A-1-AT was determined using the Laurell method. The serum A-1-AT level was significantly higher in asthmatics in comparison with the...
Topics
- Adult
- Aspirin
- Asthma
- Bronchi
- Bronchial Provocation Tests
- Drug Hypersensitivity
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Reference Values
- alpha 1-Antitrypsin
- alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency