Article
[Respiratory involvement in ankylosing spondylarthritis: relations to alpha-1-antitrypsin phenotypes and tobacco consumption].
Revue du rhumatisme (Ed. francaise : 1993) - 1 Jun 1994
Eulry F, Marotel C, Lechevalier D, Haguenauer D, Crozes P, Magnin J
Abstract excerpt
The distribution of alpha-1-antitrypsin phenotypes was similar in 555 controls and 98 patients with ankylosing spondylitis: the MM phenotype (including "main" MM subtypes, i.e., M2M2 and M3M3, and "secondary" MM subtypes) was found in 86% of subjects and "rare" phenotypes combining M, F, S, and Z in 14%. Six per cent of the controls and none of the ankylosing spondylitis patients had the M4M4 phenotype (p <...
Topics
- Adult
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Respiration Disorders
- Respiratory Function Tests
- Smoking
- Spondylitis, Ankylosing