Copper: Two sides of the same coin

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 325-326

  Houwen, R H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CERULOPLASMIN; CHELATING AGENT; COPPER; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; MENKES PROTEIN; PENICILLAMINE; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; TETRATHIOMOLYBDIC ACID; TRACE ELEMENT; TRIENTINE; WILSON DISEASE PROTEIN; ZINC;

APOPTOSIS; CELL LEVEL; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHELATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER DEFICIENCY; COPPER METABOLISM; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MENKES SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROMOTER REGION; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINE LEVEL; WILSON DISEASE;

COPPER; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; MENKES KINKY HAIR SYNDROME;

EID: 54349128658     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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