Increased risk of chronic liver failure
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Ivo W. Graziadei; Jacob J. Joseph; Russell H. Wiesner; Terry M. Therneau; Kennet
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Controversy exists whether patients who are genetically heterozygous for 1-antitrypsin deficiency (1ATD), carrying a single PI\*Z allele, are at increased risk of developing chronic liver disease. In these investigations, we determined the prevalence of heterozygous 1AT phenotypes (PI MZ, PI SZ) in