Clarifying the relationship between pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis and Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency
Abstract Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) is a rare, smoking related, progressive diffuse cystic lung disease that occurs primarily in smokers. The aim of this study was to determine if there was an increase in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficient alleles or phenotypes in a large series of PL...
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Format: | Artikel |
Sprache: | English |
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BMC
2021-02-01
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Schriftenreihe: | Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases |
Online Zugang: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-021-01720-9 |