title: [Alpha 1 antitrypsin in cryptogenetic cirrhosis (author's transl)].
abstract: Serum levels of alpha 1-antitrypsin were measured in 118 patients. Among these, 90 subjects presented with hepatic pathology of which 42 were of cryptogenetic origin. Not one of the subjects studied showed a decrease in alpha 1-antitrypsin nor did the results of liver biopsies prove positive for PAS cytoplasmic corpuscles. It is suggested that alpha 1-antitrypsin deficit does not play an important role in cryptogenetic cirrhosis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin
vernacular_title: L'alfa 1 antitripsina nelle cirrosi criptogenetiche.