[Long-term follow-up and autopsy of a Japanese patient who had emphysema associated with alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency].

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[Long-term follow-up and autopsy of a Japanese patient who had emphysema associated with alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency].

Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai zasshi - 1 Sept 1996

Nakamura H, Nakahama H, Nishioka Y, Kitada O, Sugita M

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A 49-year-old woman was found to have emphysema associated with alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency in February 1975. She was followed until her death in October, 1994. The Pi phenotype was M null and the genotype was M malton. She had been on home oxygen therapy since 1987. An autopsy revealed the ty...

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Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Pedigree
Phenotype
Pulmonary Emphysema
alpha 1-Antitrypsin
alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency

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