Article
alpha-1-Antitrypsin deficiency.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Jan 2000
Alagille D
Abstract excerpt
Liver disease related to alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency occurs only in Pi ZZ homozygous children. Eleven per cent of Pi ZZ infants present with prolonged neonatal cholestasis. In our group, 25 of 45 Pi ZZ infants with prolonged neonatal cholestasis presented with later cirrhosis. Persistence of jaundice beyond the sixth month of age, early development of splenomegaly, persistence of hard hepatomegaly and liver...
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