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[Evaluation after 2 years of substitutive treatment of PiZZ emphysema with alpha-1 antitrypsin. 9 cases].
Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) - 24 Mar 1990
Carles P, Constans J, Pujazon M C, Arnaud J, Lauque D, Goudemand M
Abstract excerpt
Homozygous PiZZ individuals with a serum deficiency due to a defect in the secretion of the alpha 1-antitrypsin protein are at risk of developing severe panlobular emphysema. Tobacco smokers are particularly exposed to the disease which begins at an earlier age. Treatment by substitutive therapy with alpha 1-antitrypsin concentrates seems to be the only possibility. A two years' clinical trial was performed in 9...
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