D-penicillamine and plasmapheresis in acute liver failure secondary to Wilson's disease

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-65

  Rodríguez Fariña, Eva ^a   Tremosa Llurba, G ^a   Xiol Quingles, X ^a   Lores Obradors, A ^a   Castellote Alonso, J ^a   Gornals Soler, J B ^a   Lopez Nunez C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anemia; Hemolytic; Liver failure; Penicillamine; Plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; CORTICOSTEROID; PENICILLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOMBS TEST; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLSTONE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRURITUS; RASH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TISSUE LEVEL; URINE LEVEL; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 0037218981     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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