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ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency in Children-Unmet Needs Concerning the Liver Manifestation.

Joelle Lemke, Alexander Weigert, Soyhan Bagci, Mark Born, Rainer Ganschow, David Katzer

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Joelle LemkeDepartment of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Bonn Children's Hospital, 53127 Bonn, Germany.
Alexander WeigertDepartment of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Bonn Children's Hospital, 53127 Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0009-0002-6125-8999
Soyhan BagciDepartment of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Bonn Children's Hospital, 53127 Bonn, Germany.
Mark BornDepartment of Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital of Bonn Children's Hospital, 53127 Bonn, Germany.
Rainer GanschowDepartment of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Bonn Children's Hospital, 53127 Bonn, Germany.
David KatzerDepartment of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Bonn Children's Hospital, 53127 Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7562-5940

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Abstract

objectivesThis study aimed to analyse the clinical course of 45 children with severe alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) registered in our clinic to detect possible predictors of poor outcomes.

methodsThe clinical and biological data of 45 patients with homozygous or compound heterozygous AATD were analysed. The data were collected retrospectively going back to 2005 and prospectively from May 2020 until October 2021. It was based on questionnaires, laboratory values, sonography, and biopsy findings. Liver disease was classified into four grades depending on the grade of liver disease: mild or no liver disease, moderate disease, severe disease, and liver transplantation.

resultsThirty-nine patients (86.7%) had a Pi*ZZ and five (11.1%) a Pi*SZ genotype. One patient showed a new, not-yet-described compound heterozygous genotype (Pi*Z + Asp95Asn). A total of 66.7% of the cohort showed mild or no liver disease, 20% moderate, and 13.3% severe. AATD was diagnosed in most cases because of liver abnormalities, such as the elevation of transaminases (42.2%). A total of 29.4% of the patients with neonatal icterus prolongatus developed severe liver disease, and 25.7% were born small for their gestational age (SGA). Diseases of the atopic type were reported in 47.4% of the cases.

conclusionsThe presence of neonatal icterus prolongatus in the first weeks of life was significantly more likely in severe courses of liver disease (r = 0.371,

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alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiencychildrenicterus prolongatusliver diseasepredictors of poor outcome

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PMCPMC11202262

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