Hepatic accumulation of alpha-1-antitrypsin in chronic liver disease in the dog.

doi:10.1016/s0021-9975(05)80098-2

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Hepatic accumulation of alpha-1-antitrypsin in chronic liver disease in the dog.

Journal of comparative pathology - 1 Nov 1994

Sevelius E, Andersson M, Jönsson L

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Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency has long been known to cause liver cirrhosis in man, but whether it does so in the dog is uncertain. To investigate this point 57 dogs with clinically and histopathologically diagnosed chronic liver disease were examined. Isoelectric focusing of blood serum from the...

Topics

Animals
Chronic Disease
Dog Diseases
Dogs
Immunoelectrophoresis
Immunohistochemistry
Liver
Liver Diseases
Phenotype
alpha 1-Antitrypsin

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