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Characterization of Novel Missense Variants of SERPINA1 Gene Causing Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
12 Dec 2017
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The SERPINA1 gene is highly polymorphic, with more than 100 variants described in databases. SERPINA1 encodes the alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) protein, and severe deficiency of AAT is a major contributor to pulmonary emphysema and liver diseases. In Spanish patients with AAT deficiency, we identified seven new variants of the SERPINA1 gene involving amino acid substitutions in different exons: PiSDonosti...
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