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Fibromuscular dysplasia of the internal carotid artery associated with alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency.
Neurosurgery - 1 Aug 1998
Schievink W I, Meyer F B, Parisi J E, Wijdicks E F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: A deficiency of alpha1-antitrypsin has been implicated in the development of various disorders affecting medium-sized arteries, including intracranial aneurysms, cervicocephalic arterial dissections, and fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD). We performed alpha1-antitrypsin phenotyping in three consecutive patients who underwent bypass surgery for FMD of the extracranial internal carotid artery to test the...
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