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Low Incidence of α-1 antitrypsin deficiency among babies with prolonged jaundice.
Archives of Iranian medicine - 1 Jan 2013
Jowkar Zahra, Geramizadeh Bita, Fanai Sara, Mirzai Mitra, Dehghani Seyed Mohsen, Haghighat Mahmoud, Honar Naser, Tabei Seyed-Ziyaodin
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UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND: α-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is one of the most important genetic causes of childhood liver diseases in some parts of the world, but its geographic distribution is highly variable. There are many reports from Asian countries such as India, the Philippines, and China which show a very low incidence of this disease. However few studies exist from Iran regarding this genetic deficiency...
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