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Can you tell me is alpha-1 antitrypsin always terminal?
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No: It may be mild or severe. You're born with it, you are likely to become short of breath in middle age (hopefully you are a non-smoker), and the liver disease may come on at any time in your life, or never.
Answered 10/14/2014
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