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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 mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis with nephrotic syndrome. Following initial presentation with nephropathy, further work-up...
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