Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency: lessons learned from the bedside to the gene and back again. Historic perspectives

Chest. 1989 Jan;95(1):181-9. doi: 10.1378/chest.95.1.181.

Author

S Eriksson¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Lund, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden.

PMID: 2642407
DOI: 10.1378/chest.95.1.181

No abstract available

Publication types

Historical Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Granulocytes / enzymology
History, 20th Century
Homozygote
Humans
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Lung / pathology
Pancreatic Elastase / metabolism
Pedigree
Phenotype
Pulmonary Emphysema / enzymology
Pulmonary Emphysema / etiology
Pulmonary Emphysema / genetics
Radiography
alpha 1-Antitrypsin / genetics
alpha 1-Antitrypsin / history
alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency*

Substances

alpha 1-Antitrypsin
Pancreatic Elastase