Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency: from Italy to the world
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Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency.
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency is an inherited disorder that may cause severe lung and liver disease.
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عنوان ژورنال: Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2465-1028,1122-0643
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2007.474