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Phenotypes of alpha-1-antitrypsin in intrinsic asthma and ASA-triad patients.
Allergologia et immunopathologia - 1 Jan 2000
Prados M, Monteseirín F J, Carranco M I, Aragón R, Conde A, Conde J
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of presence of various phenotypes of alpha 1-antitrypsin was studied in 31 patients with intrinsic asthma and 11 with ASA-Triad, and compared to a group of 200 people representative of the general population. The MZ and SZ phenotype is more frequent in intrinsic asthmatics (p < 0.00001) and MZ in ASA-Triad (p < 0.0005) than in the control group. No differences were found between the intrinsic...
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