Heterozygous alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency (PiSZ) in an adolescent with asthma.

doi:10.1097/00007611-199610000-00018

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Heterozygous alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency (PiSZ) in an adolescent with asthma.

Southern medical journal - 1 Oct 1996

Nuckton T J, Beckerman R C

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Although alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency has been associated with obstructive lung disease in individuals possessing a homozygous phenotype (PiZZ), this association has not been as clearly documented in heterozygous individuals (PiMZ, PiMS, and PiSZ phenotypes). Information regarding the heterozyg...

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Adolescent
Asthma
Female
Functional Residual Capacity
Heterozygote
Humans
Pedigree
Phenotype
Residual Volume
Total Lung Capacity
alpha 1-Antitrypsin
alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency

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