Article
Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency and liver diseases in Nigeria.
Tropical and geographical medicine - 1 Jan 1990
Olusi S O
Abstract excerpt
Using isoelectric focusing in polyacrylamide gel, alpha-1-antitrypsin phenotyping was carried out in 1,000 normal Nigerians and in 25 with hepatocellular carcinoma, 17 with cirrhosis of the liver and 193 with neonatal jaundice. The percentage frequency of the homozygous alpha-1-antitrypsin defici...
Topics
- Adult
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Female
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Jaundice, Neonatal
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Diseases
- Liver Neoplasms
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Nigeria
- Phenotype