Longstreth G F, Weitzman S A, Browning R J, Lieberman J
Chest. 1975 Feb;67(2):233-5. doi: 10.1378/chest.67.2.233.
A 34-year-old woman with homozygous a1-antitrypsin deficiency suffered from progressive, generalized cystic bronchiectasis. Although bronchiectasis was reported in the original monograph on the enzyme inhibitor deficiency, it has received minimal attention since then. Alpha1-antitrypsin levels should be measured in patients with severe bronchiectasis.
