Friedrich Kueppers, MD, Professor of Medicine and Immunology, Temple University School of Medicine, discusses alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

References and Resources
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McNab GL, Ahmad A, Mistry D, Stockley RA. Modification of gene expression and increase in alpha₁-antitrypsin secretion after homologous recombination in alpha₁-antitrypsin deficient monocytes. Hum Gene Ther. 2007 Nov;18(11):1171-7.

Ferrarotti I, Scabini R, Campo I, Ottaviani S, Zorzetto M, Gorrini M, Luisetti M. Laboratory diagnosis of alpha₁-antitrypsin deficiency. Transl Res. 2007 Nov;150(5):267-74.

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