The liver in adolescents with alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency.

doi:10.1002/hep.1840220221

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The liver in adolescents with alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency.

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Aug 1995

Sveger T, Eriksson S

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Of 200,000 Swedish infants screened for alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency (alpha 1 ATD), 184 (127 PiZ, 2 PiZ-, 54 PiSZ, and 1 PiS-) children have been followed prospectively, of whom 1 PiSZ and 5 PiZ children died in early childhood. We now report clinical and biochemical signs of liver disease in a...

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Adolescent
Alanine Transaminase
Female
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis
Liver Diseases
Male
Phenotype
Procollagen
Prognosis
Prospective Studies
Sweden
alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
gamma-Glutamyltransferase

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