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Serum Levels and α1-Antitrypsin Phenotypes in Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

A. Fertakis ,
A. Archimandritis ,
A. Tsourapas ,
D. Douratsos  and
B. Angelopoulos
A. Fertakis*
Affiliation:
Department of Pathologic Physiology, Medical School, Athens University, Greece
A. Archimandritis
Affiliation:
Department of Pathologic Physiology, Medical School, Athens University, Greece
A. Tsourapas
Affiliation:
Department of Pathologic Physiology, Medical School, Athens University, Greece
D. Douratsos
Affiliation:
Department of Pathologic Physiology, Medical School, Athens University, Greece
B. Angelopoulos
Affiliation:
Department of Pathologic Physiology, Medical School, Athens University, Greece
*
18 Papadiamantopoulou Street, Athens (611), Greece

Abstract

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α1-at phenotypes and serum levels were studied in 100 Greek patients of pulmonary TBC by starch-gel electrophoresis and radial immunodiffusion. The mean value of α1-at (315 ± 77) was significantly lower (p < 0.005) than in the control group. An attempt is made to explain this finding based on the α1-at phenotypes distribution in the TBC patients.

Type
Research Article
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Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , January 1977 , pp. 97 - 99
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1977

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