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Serum concentration of alpha-1 antitrypsin is significantly higher in colorectal cancer patients than in healthy controls.
BMC cancer - 21 May 2014
Pérez-Holanda Sergio, Blanco Ignacio, Menéndez Manuel, Rodrigo Luis
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The association between alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency and colorectal cancer (CRC) is currently controversial. The present study compares AAT serum concentrations and gene frequencies between a group of CRC patients and a control group of healthy unrelated people (HUP). METHODS: 267 CRC subjects (63% males, 72 ± 10 years old) were enlisted from a Hospital Clinic setting in Asturias, Spain. The...
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