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Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency

open access: yes, 2021
The subject of this review is alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (A1AD), which is a rare hereditary disease with great impact in adults, especially smokers, quality of life and longevity. Early diagnosis is crucial for treatment outcome.
Jensen, Jens-Ulrik   +5 more
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Alpha-1-antitrypsin augmentation therapy for alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency

The American Journal of Medicine, 1988
Alpha-1-antitrypsin (A1AT) deficiency is a genetic disorder characterized by low serum levels of A1AT and a high risk for the development of emphysema. A1AT is the principal inhibitor of neutrophil elastase, such that a deficiency of A1AT results in insufficient anti-elastase protection in the lower respiratory tract, thus allowing neutrophil elastase ...
R C, Hubbard, R G, Crystal
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ALPHA‐1‐ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY IN ADULTS

Acta Pathologica Japonica, 1986
A clinicopathological examination was carried out on eight adult patients with alpha‐1‐antitrypsin (ATT) deficiency. Phenotyping comfirmed five patients with PiMZ, two patients with PiZ‐, and one patient with PiZZ. Cirrhosis was found in six of the patients, four of whom had a history of excessive ethanol comsumption.
M, Kage   +4 more
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Deficiency of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1973
Excerpt It is almost a decade since genetic deficiency of alpha-1 antitrypsin was discovered in Malmo, Sweden, by Laurell and Eriksson (1) and shown to be associated with a tendency to early-onset ...
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Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency in childhood

Current Problems in Pediatrics, 1980
alpha 1AT deficiency predisposes children to liver injury and adults to emphysema. Pi typing has clarified that the inherited deficiency is codominant. Amniocentesis is unproved as a reliable technique in detecting the homozygous deficient patient (another controversial issue).
J S, Latimer, H L, Sharp
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Treatment of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2015
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is a rare genetic disease that creates multiple unique phenotypes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. While bronchospasm, cough, dyspnea, and sputum production all occur with AATD, the phenotypic differences require a computed tomographic (CT) scan to decipher.
Charlie, Strange, Tatsiana, Beiko
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Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Panniculitis

Dermatologic Clinics, 2008
Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency is a congenital error of metabolism linked to pulmonary (emphysema) and liver (cirrhosis) disease. Since 1972, panniculitis has been associated with this deficiency, initially related to Weber-Christian syndrome and finally as a differentiated entity.
Ricardo, Valverde   +4 more
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MZ Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2022
Oliver J, McElvaney   +4 more
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Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

The Nurse Practitioner, 2014
Cathy R, Kessenich, Kathryn, Bacher
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Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency

Clinics in Chest Medicine, 1983
S, Idell, A B, Cohen
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