The clinical experience of Chinese patients with Wilson's disease

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 61, 2005, Pages 166-169

  Pan, Jen Jung ^a   Chu, Chi Jen ^a   Chang, Full Young ^a   Lee, Shou Dong ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ceruloplasmin; Copper; Hepatolenticular degeneration; Liver cirrhosis; Wilson's disease

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHINESE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREMOR; URINE LEVEL; WILSON DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CERULOPLASMIN; CHILD; CHINA; COPPER; FEMALE; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 14144254000     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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