Ultrastructural identification of iron and copper accumulation in the liver of a male patient with Wilson disease

Medical Electron Microscopy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 54-60

  Shiono, Yuhta ^a   Hayashi, H ^a   Wakusawa, Shinya ^a   Yano, Motoyoshi ^b  

^a HOKURIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ferroxidase; Microanalysis; Trientine

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; DNA; FERRITIN; IRON; TRIENTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER LYSOSOME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREMOR; WILSON DISEASE; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CERULOPLASMIN; CHELATING AGENTS; COPPER; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FERRITINS; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; TRIETHYLENETETRAMINE;

EID: 0034879787     PISSN: 09184287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007950100004     Document Type: Article

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