Heterozygosity for the Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Z Allele in Cirrhosis Is Associated With More Advanced Disease
Liver Transpl
.
2019 Aug;25(8):1285-1286.
doi: 10.1002/lt.25487.
Epub 2019 Jun 25.
Authors
David Stephen Prince
1
2
,
Ken Liu
3
4
,
Geoffrey William McCaughan
3
4
,
James Kench
3
5
,
Simone Irene Strasser
3
4
Affiliations
1
Department of Gastroenterology, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2
South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
3
A. W. Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
4
Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
5
Department of Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
PMID:
31077535
DOI:
10.1002/lt.25487
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Comment
MeSH terms
Alleles
Heterozygote
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis / genetics
Liver Transplantation*
alpha 1-Antitrypsin / genetics
Substances
alpha 1-Antitrypsin