The cut-off value of 100 mg/dl is insufficient to detect heterozygous α-1 antitrypsin-deficient liver disease patients

Liver International

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 491-492

  Kok, Karin F ^a   Willems, Hans L ^a   Drenth, Joost P H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERUM GROUP PI SYSTEM;

ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77950619376     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2009.02179.x     Document Type: Article

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