Article
Severe alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency (PiZ homozygosity) with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and nephrotic syndrome, reversible after orthotopic liver transplantation.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Jun 1997
Elzouki A N, Lindgren S, Nilsson S, Veress B, Eriksson S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Nephropathy associated with alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency is assumed to be an unusual entity. We describe the case of a 23-year-old woman with severe alpha1-antitrypsin (PiZ homozygosity) deficiency who developed hepatic cirrhosis in childhood, and glomerulonephritis and nephroti...
Topics
- Adult
- Female
- Glomerular Mesangium
- Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Kidney Function Tests
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Transplantation
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Phenotype
- alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency