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Rapid development of hepatic alpha1-antitrypsin globules after liver transplantation for chronic hepatitis C.
Gastroenterology - 1 Apr 1997
Combs C, Brunt E M, Solomon H, Bacon B R, Brantly M, Di Bisceglie A M
Abstract excerpt
A 37-year-old man undergoing liver transplantation for cirrhosis caused by chronic hepatitis C and alcoholism developed large numbers of alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) globules within hepatocytes of the transplanted liver during a 5-month period. This finding occurred simultaneously with severe recurrent hepatitis C. The AAT phenotype of this patient changed from MM before transplantation to MZ after transplantation;...
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