A 30-year perspective on alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency.

doi:10.1378/chest.110.6_supplement.237s

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A 30-year perspective on alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency.

Chest - 1 Dec 1996

Eriksson S

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The early history of alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, in the years between 1962 and 1965, and its impact on the understanding of emphysema abnormalities were reviewed by me in 1989. This report discusses the disease spectrum (including emphysema, liver, and vasculitic diseases) and focuses on the...

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Humans
Liver Diseases
Panniculitis
Phenotype
Pulmonary Emphysema
alpha 1-Antitrypsin
alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency

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