Wilson disease and idiopathic copper toxicosis

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1996, Pages

  Scheinberg, I Herbert ^a,b   Sternlieb, Irmin ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood cirrhosis; copper; liver injury; Wilson disease

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DRINKING WATER; PENICILLAMINE; TRIENTINE; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

COPPER METABOLISM; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEVER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTOXICATION; LEUKOPENIA; METABOLIC DISORDER; PROTEINURIA; RASH; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 0029928263     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/63.5.842     Document Type: Review

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