Alpha heavy chain disease (report of 18 cases from Iraq).
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Alpha heavy chain disease (report of 18 cases from Iraq).
The clinical and pathological features of 18 new patients with alpha heavy chain disease seen at two referral centres in Baghdad, Iraq, are described. The series included 14 males and four females ranging in age from 14 to 47 years. Almost all patients presented because of long-standing abdominal pain and diarrhoea. The tissue diagnosis and extent of the disease were established at laparotomy i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.19.7.627