[IgG subclass distribution in the serum of patients with homozygous alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency].

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[IgG subclass distribution in the serum of patients with homozygous alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency].

Pneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany) - 1 Feb 1990

Barth J, Winkler I, Schmidt E W, Braun B E, Möllmann H W, Skvaril F

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In 12 patients with homozygotic ZZ-phenotype alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency, the serum levels of the IgG subclasses IgG1-4 were studied. In four of these patients, isolated or combined disorders or defects in the distribution of the IgG subclasses were detected; in cases with low IgG2 and absent...

Topics

Adult
Agammaglobulinemia
Bronchiectasis
Female
Homozygote
Humans
IgG Deficiency
Immunoglobulin G
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype
Respiratory Tract Infections
alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency

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