[DEFI-ALPHA cohort and POLYGEN DEFI-ALPHA clinical research hospital programme. A study about clinical, biological and genetics factors associated with the occurrence and the evolution of hepatic complications in children with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency].

doi:10.1016/j.rmr.2015.06.010

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[DEFI-ALPHA cohort and POLYGEN DEFI-ALPHA clinical research hospital programme. A study about clinical, biological and genetics factors associated with the occurrence and the evolution of hepatic complications in children with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency].

Revue des maladies respiratoires - 1 Sept 2015

Joly P, Restier L, Bouchecareilh M, Lacan P, Cabet F, Chapuis-Cellier C, Francina A, Lachaux A

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INTRODUCTION: The alpha-1 antitrypsin (α1-AT) deficiency, most frequently caused by homozygosity for the Z variant (SERPINA1: c.1096 G>A; Glu342Lys), can give rise to two clinical patterns: (i) respiratory impairment with emphysema (mainly in adulthood) because of a pulmonary quantitative defect in anti-elastase activity; (ii) hepatic impairment (mainly in childhood) due to the misfolding of the PiZ protein which...

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