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PEREZ LORENZO, Marlene et al. Deficit of alpha 1- antitrypsin. Rev Cub Med Mil [online]. 2006, vol.35, n.1. ISSN 0138-6557.

The case of a white female 15-year-old patient, whose clinical onset was suggestive of a cholestatic acute viral hepatitis was presented. During her evolution, it was observed a frank impairment of the hepatic function, with predominance of portal hypertension elements. She died as a result of a high digestive bleeding caused by esophageal varices. The postmortem study showed hepatic alterations consistent with hepatic cirrhosis due to a deficit of alpha 1-antitrypsine. The uncommon presentation of this entity, its extremely severe clinical evolution, and the clinical form in which it manifested, which made it indistinguishable from an acute viral hepatitis, were stressed

Palabras clave : Deficit of alpha 1-antitrypsin.