Diagnosis and phenotypic classification of Wilson disease

Liver International

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 139-142

  Ferenci, Peter ^a   Caca, Karel ^b   Loudianos, Georgios ^c   Mieli Vergani, Georgina ^d   Tanner, Stuart ^e   Sternlieb, Irmin ^f   Schilsky, Michael ^g   Cox, Diane ^h   Berr, Frieder ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c Osp Regionale per le Microcitemie   (Italy)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f Natl Ctr Stud of Wilson's Dis   (United States)

^g MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 13Q; COPPER METABOLISM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; LIVER CELL; LIVER METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 0142029450     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0676.2003.00824.x     Document Type: Review

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