Indian childhood cirrhosis-like disease in a Japanese boy undergoing liver transplantation

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 598-600

  Nagasaka, Hironori ^b   Kobayashi, Kunihiko ^a   Yorifuji, Tohru ^b   Kage, Masayoshi ^b   Kimura, Akihiko ^b   Takayanagi, Masaki ^b   Kikuta, Hideaki ^b   Egawa, Hiroto ^b   Tanaka, Koichi ^b   Inui, Ayano ^b   Fujisawa, Tomoo ^b   Ohtake, Akira ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 2P; COPPER METABOLISM; DETERIORATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

BLOOD COAGULATION; CHILD; COPPER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 0033506882     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199911000-00024     Document Type: Article

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