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Frequency and significance of phenotypes for alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency in type 1 autoimmune hepatitis.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Aug 1998
Czaja A J
Abstract excerpt
To evaluate the frequency and significance of alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency in type 1 autoimmune hepatitis, 181 Caucasian patients were assessed for variant phenotypes. Three hundred three Caucasian patients with various other chronic liver diseases were similarly evaluated. Twenty-one of the 181 patients (12%) had heterozygous deficiencies, including the MS (6%) and MZ (6%) phenotypes. These patients were...
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