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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Hauptverfasser: Cormac McCarthy, Emmanuelle Bugnet, Amira Benattia, Michael P. Keane, Benoit Vedie, Gwenaël Lorillon, Abdellatif Tazi
Format: Artikel
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: BMC 2021-02-01
Schriftenreihe:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Online Zugang:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-021-01720-9