Chronic copper toxicosis presenting as liver failure in an Australian child

Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 316-320

  Price, Lee A ^a   Walker, Neal I ^a   Clague, Alan E ^a   Pullen, Ian D ^a   Smits, Sonja J ^a   Ong, Tat Hin ^b   Patrick, Mark ^b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Copper ingestion; Copper toxicosis; Indian childhood cirrhosis; Liver failure

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXPLANT; FOOD PROCESSING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIAN CHILDHOOD CIRRHOSIS; INTOXICATION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MILK; NOMENCLATURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0030425654     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029600169264     Document Type: Article

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