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[Heterozygous alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (PiMZ): risk factor in the development of primary liver carcinoma in non-cirrhotic liver?].
Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie - 1 Oct 2010
Manekeller S, Sauerbruch T, Fischer H-P, Propping P, Hirner A
Abstract excerpt
Here we report on a patient with a primary hepatocellular carcinoma in a non-cirrhotic liver, in whom heterozygosity for an AAT-deficiency allele was found (PiMZ). Based on this observation and the current literature, the possible mechanisms for an eventual contribution of a heterozygosity of a heterozygous AAT-deficiency for a hepatocellular carcinoma are discussed. Alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT)-deficiency...
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