[We propose that alpha-1-protease inhibitor (alpha 1 PI) can assume a major and beneficial role in preventing emphysema in alpha 1 PI-deficient individuals, and may also prove of value in the treatment of adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE