Diagnostic criteria for acute liver failure due to Wilson disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1711-1714

  Eisenbach, Christoph ^a   Sieg, Olivia ^a   Stremmel, Wolfgang ^a   Encke, Jens ^a   Merle, Uta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Copper metabolism; Fulminant hepatic failure; Liver transplantation; Wilson disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLINESTERASE; COPPER; HEMOGLOBIN; OPIPRAMOL; PARACETAMOL; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SLIT LAMP; SURVIVAL; URINE LEVEL; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 34248217087     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i11.1711     Document Type: Article

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