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Alpha1-antitrypsin review.
Clinics in chest medicine - 1 Mar 2014
Stockley Robert A
Abstract excerpt
Alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency was first described in 1963 together with its associations with severe early-onset basal panacinar emphysema. The genetic defects leading to deficiency have been elucidated and the pathophysiologic processes, clinical variation in phenotype, and the role of genetic modifiers have been recognized. Strategies to increase plasma (and hence tissue) concentrations of AAT have been...
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