Intestinal Wegener's granulomatosis in a patient with severe alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency resulting from a unique combination of two deficiency alleles (PiZ and PiMProcida)

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1389-1392

  Lonardo, Amedeo ^a,d   Medicina, Daniela ^b   Leonelli, Marco ^c   Bagni, Alberto ^c   Callea, Francesco ^b  

^a Modena City Hospital   (Italy)

^b BRESCIA CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d Ospedale di Modena   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency; ANCA; Emphysema; Fever of unknown origin; Ileocolic Crohn's disease; PiMProcida; PiZ; Renal failure; Systemic vasculitis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MESALAZINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN PIM PROCIDA; PROTEIN PIZ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUTATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; COLITIS; CROHN DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; ILEITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0036923624     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200212000-00017     Document Type: Article

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