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SUBMITTER: Ko DH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3190011 | biostudies-other | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
The Korean journal of laboratory medicine 20111003 4
Alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is a genetic disorder that primarily affects the lungs and liver. While AAT deficiency is one of the most common genetic disorders in the Caucasian population, it is extremely rare in Asians. Here, we report the case of a 36-year-old Korean woman with AAT deficiency who visited the emergency department of our hospital for the treatment of progressive dyspnea that had begun 10 years ago. She had never smoked. Chest computed tomography revealed panlobular emphy ...[more]