Late manifestation of Indian childhood cirrhosis in a 3-year-old German girl

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 375-378

  Trollmann, R ^b   Neureiter, D ^a   Lang, T ^b   Dorr H G ^b   Behrens, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Copper installation; Copper intoxication; Drinking water with low pH value; Indian childhood cirrhosis; Well water

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INDIAN CHILDHOOD CIRRHOSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TOXICITY; PH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COPPER; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; POISONING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0032896718     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310051095     Document Type: Article

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