Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency in Italy: Regional differences of the PIS and PIZ deficiency alleles

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 133-141

  de Serres, Frederick J ^a   Luisetti, M ^b   Ferrarotti, I ^b   Blanco, I ^c   Fernandez Bustillo E ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL VALLE DEL NALÓN   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency; Genetic epidemiology; PI phenotypes; PI subtypes; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC RISK; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; ITALY; JAUNDICE; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 28244461505     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2005.630     Document Type: Article

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