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The liver in adolescents with alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Aug 1995
Sveger T, Eriksson S
Abstract excerpt
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 adolescence and the prognosis of neonatal liver disease up to the age of 18 years. The alpha 1 ATD subjects were offered...
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