Document Type
Article
Department
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Abstract
Objective: To confirm alpha-I-AT deficiency status in duodenal ulcer using a combination of PCR and restricted enzyme digestion.
Methods: Fifty patients with endoscopically proven duodenal ulcer and hundred controls with no signs of the disease were included. Alpha-i-AT phenotypes were confirmed by polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction enzyme digestion.
Results:Alpha-I-AT concentration in duodenal ulcer patients showed a mean value of 2.12 ± 0.11g/1 (range: 0.52-3.95 g/1, p
Conclusion: Alpha-1 AT deficiency was found in 10% of duodenal ulcer patients. DNA analysis more accurately resolved the phenotypes as S and Z mutations (JPMA 52:545; 2002).
Publication (Name of Journal)
Journal Of Pakistan Medical Association
Recommended Citation
Shahid, A.,
Qureshi, H.,
Zuberi, S. J.,
Siddiqui, A.,
Sultana, T.,
Waqar, M. A.
(2002). Determination of Alpha-i Antitrypsin Genetic Deficiency in Duodenal Ulcer by Polymerase Chain Reaction. Journal Of Pakistan Medical Association, 52(12), 545-548.
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