Diagnosis of alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency by DNA analysis of children with liver disease

Background - Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency is a genetic disorder which is transmitted in a co-dominant, autosomal form. Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency affects mainly the lungs and the liver leading, in the latter case, to neonatal cholestasis, chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis. A precise diagnosis of...

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Main Authors: De TOMMASO Adriana Maria Alves, ROSSI Cláudio Lúcio, ESCANHOELA Cecília Amélia Fazzio, SERRA Heliane Guerra, BERTUZZO Carmen Sílvia, HESSEL Gabriel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2001-01-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032001000100012