Liver Cirrhosis Secondary to Autoimmune Hepatitis in a Patient with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin ZZ Phenotype: A "Double Hit" Phenomenon

Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency has been known to cause pulmonary and hepatic diseases. Cirrhosis in patients with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, especially in a homozygotes ZZ phenotype, has been described to occur exclusively as a congenital disease. We present the case of a young 28-year-old fema...

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Autores principales: Hoilat, Gilles J, Khan, Ayesha, Masood, Umair, Sharma, Anuj, Manocha, Divey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7872947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33585096
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12606

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7872947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33585096
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12606

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