α1-Antitrypsin deficiency · 1: Epidemiology of α1-antitrypsin deficiency

The protein and molecular characteristics of variants of the α1-antitrypsin (AAT) gene are described, and available data on the genetic epidemiology of AAT deficiency are presented.

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