Wilson's disease: A challenge of diagnosis. The 5-year experience of a tertiary centre

Romanian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-185

  Gheorghe, Liana ^a   Popescu, Irinel ^a   Iacob, Speranta ^a   Gheorghe, Cristian ^a   Vadan, Roxana ^a   Constantinescu, Alexandra ^a   Jacob, Razvan ^a   Becheanu, Gabriel ^a   Angelescu, Corina ^a   Diculescu, Mircea ^a  

^a FUNDENI CLINICAL INSTITUTE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Ceruloplasmin; Diagnosis; Kayser Fleischer ring; Wilson's disease

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COOMBS TEST; COPPER METABOLISM; FEMALE; FULMINANT LIVER FAILURE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IRIS DISEASE; KAYSER FLEISCHER RING; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER LEVEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; URINARY EXCRETION; WILSON DISEASE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 5344276559     PISSN: 12214167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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