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Incidence of alpha-1 antitrypsin Z and S alleles in patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis--pilot study.
Pneumonologia i alergologia polska - 1 Jan 2013
Chorostowska-Wynimko Joanna, Gawryluk Dariusz, Struniawski Radosław, Popławska Beata, Fijołek Justyna
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INTRODUCTION: Inherited alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is one of the three most common genetic disorders in Caucasians. It considerably increases the risk of progressive obstructive lung diseases, mostly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It has also been suggested that AAT deficiency might be instrumental vasculitis associated with the anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibodies (cANCA) and subsequent lung...
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