Endemic Tyrolean infantile cirrhosis: An ecogenetic disorder

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9005, 1996, Pages 877-880

  Müller, Thomas ^a   Feichtinger, Hans ^a   Berger, Heribert ^a   Müller, Wilfried ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Department of Paediatrics   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; COPPER METABOLISM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN CHILDHOOD CIRRHOSIS; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0029983769     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)91351-3     Document Type: Article

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