Wilson's disease

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 535-538

  Baban, Nawras K ^a,b,c   Hubbs, Doris T ^a,b   Roy, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a James H Quillen College of Medicine ^*

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c St Mary's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; FERRITIN; HEMOSIDERIN; PENICILLAMINE; TETRATHIOMOLYBDATE AMMONIUM; ZINC ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOTOMY; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 0030883968     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199705000-00015     Document Type: Article

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