Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Jolobe, O M P ^a  

^a MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; CHEMOATTRACTANT; MYELOBLASTIN; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; OXYGEN RADICAL; POLYMER; PROTEINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; DEGRANULATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; VASCULITIS;

ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; MYELOBLASTIN; VASCULITIS;

EID: 45749111368     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.02.027     Document Type: Letter

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