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[Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. The experience of Pulido Valente Hospital with augmentation therapy].
Rev Port Pneumol
August 2009
Hospital de Dia de Insuficientes Respiratórios; Unidade de Reabilitação Respiratória, Responsável: Fátima Rodrigues Departamento de Pneumologia do Hospital de Pulido Valente, CHLN, EPE, Lisboa.
Alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) is synthesised in the liver and has half-life of 4-5 days. AAT has antiprotease activity, with particular affinity for neutrophil elastase. Its deficiency leads to a lack of effective lung protection against activated neutrophil enzymes.
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