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Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency.
Seminars in liver disease - 1 Jan 1998
Perlmutter D H
Abstract excerpt
Homozygous PIZZ alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, which has an incident of 1 in 1600 to 1 in 2000 live births, is the most common genetic cause of liver disease in children. It is also associated with chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma in adults. It is a well-known cause of pulmonary emphysema. Although emphysema is due to uninhibited proteolytic destruction of the connective tissue backbone of the...
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