Article
Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency and chronic pancreatitis.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Sept 1995
Rabassa A A, Schwartz M R, Ertan A
Abstract excerpt
Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency is a genetic disorder commonly associated with pulmonary and hepatic injury. Low serum levels of this glycoprotein result in an imbalance between circulating protease and protease inhibitors, which is thought to play a role in the development of emphysema. In recent studies, a protease-to-protease inhibitor imbalance in patients with alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency was thought to be...
Topics
- Abdominal Pain
- Adult
- Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
- Chronic Disease
- Humans
- Liver
- Male
- Pancreatic Pseudocyst
- Pancreatitis
- Phenotype
- Stents
- alpha 1-Antitrypsin