| Literature DB >> 6976926 |
J A Kramps, J W Brouwers, F Maesen, J H Dijkman.
Abstract
A patient with pulmonary emphysema is described, who had a very low alpha 1-antitrypsin serum concentration (2% of normal). After isoelectric focusing and staining, the patient's serum revealed no visible alpha 1-antitrypsin bands. Immunofixation, following isoelectric focusing, gave a banding pattern identical to that of a normal M type. The existence of this deficient M-allele was confirmed by family studies. Low alpha 1-antitrypsin concentrations, due to the presence of the deficient allele, were coupled with low serum antitrypsin activities.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 6976926 DOI: 10.1007/BF00293055
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hum Genet ISSN: 0340-6717 Impact factor: 4.132