Article
Glomerulonephritis as late manifestation of severe alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency.
The Clinical investigator - 1 May 1994
Stauber R E, Horina J H, Trauner M, Krejs G J, Ratschek M, Klimpfinger M
Abstract excerpt
An association of alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency with glomerulonephritis is rare and has so far been observed only in children or young adults. We report a 63-year-old man with severe alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency associated with pulmonary emphysema, cirrhosis of the liver, and mesangioprolifera...
Topics
- Fatal Outcome
- Glomerulonephritis, IGA
- Humans
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Lung Diseases, Obstructive
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Pulmonary Emphysema
- Smoking
- alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
