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A study on the lung function in alpha 1-antitrypsin-deficient (PiMZ) patients.
Hiroshima journal of medical sciences - 1 Mar 1993
Kambe M, Morishita K, Tsubokura T, Tsuno K, Kimura T, Utsumi T, Kawamoto H, Yamakido M, Mittman C
Abstract excerpt
Laurel and Eriksson published the first report indicating that alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency predisposed patients to the development of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). For the purpose of early detection, disturbances of pulmonary function in alpha 1-antitrypsin mild deficiency cases (PiMZ) were compared with those of normal cases (PiMM) in caucasian Americans. The marked results are as follows. 1)...
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