Article
Alpha 1-antitrypsin phenotypes in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive vasculitis.
Clinical science (London, England : 1979) - 1 Dec 1994
Lhotta K, Vogel W, Meisl T, Buxbaum M, Neyer U, Sandholzer C, König P
Abstract excerpt
1. The genetic background of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated systemic vasculitis remains largely unknown. Recently a very high prevalence of medium and severe deficiency of alpha 1-antitrypsin was described in a small group of patients with Wegener's granulomatosis and c-AN...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
- Autoantibodies
- Female
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin G
- Isoelectric Focusing
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Risk Factors
- Vasculitis
- alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency