Article
[Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency].
Revue des maladies respiratoires - 1 Oct 2022
Mornex J-F
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INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary emphysema and liver disease are the clinical expressions of alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, an autosomal recessive genetic disease. STATE OF THE ART: Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency is usually associated with the homozygous Z variant of the SERPINA1 gene. Its clinical expression always consists in a substantial reduction of alpha 1-antitrypsin serum concentration and its variants are...
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