Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency in aneurysmal disease

Human Heredity

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 92-97

  St Jean, Pamela ^a   Hart, Brian ^a   Webster, Marshall ^b   Steed, David ^b   Adamson, Jane ^c   Powell, Janet ^c   Ferrell, Robert ^a  

^a Department of Human Genetics ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysms; Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency; Intracranial aneurysms

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALLELES; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0030025312     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000154333     Document Type: Article

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