| Literature DB >> 6135912 |
T E Starzl, K A Porter, A Francavilla, S Iwatsuki.
Abstract
End-to-side portacaval shunts were carried out in three children with the liver disease of alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency and complications of portal hypertension. Their clinical courses have been stable for 3 1/2 to almost 7 years. Postoperative liver biopsy material from two of the patients showed the typical histopathological changes caused by portal diversion, as well as an apparent reduction in the quantity of alpha-1-antitrypsin particles in the hepatocytes. The metabolic changes caused by portal diversion have apparently created a more favourable equilibrium between the synthesis and excretion of the abnormal alpha-1-antitrypsin.Entities:
Mesh:
Year: 1983 PMID: 6135912 PMCID: PMC2981405 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(83)90390-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN: 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321