Variable degree of liver involvement in siblings with PiZZ alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency-related liver disease

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 136-138

  Hinds, R ^a   Hadchouel, A ^a   Shanmugham, N P ^a   Al Hussaini, A ^a   Chambers, S ^a   Cheeseman, P ^a   Mieli Vergani, G ^a   Hadzic N ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIBLING; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PLATELET COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIBLINGS;

EID: 33745801319     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000226370.09085.39     Document Type: Article

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