Genes and metals: A deadly combination

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-32

  Dhawan, A ^a   Ferenci, P ^a   Geubel, A ^a   Houwen, R ^a   Lerut, J ^a   Sokal, E ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fulminant hepatic failure; Genetics; Treatment; Wilson's Disease

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; CHELATING AGENT; COPPER; METAL; PENICILLAMINE; TETRATHIOMOLYBDIC ACID; TRIENTINE; WILZIN; ZINC ACETATE; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ZINC SULFATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPPER METABOLISM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILSON DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHELATING AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COPPER; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC;

EID: 16444384145     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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