Rapid diagnosis of Wilson disease in acute liver failure: No more waiting for the ceruloplasmin level?

Hepatology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1030-1032

  O'Brien, Alastair ^a   Williams, Roger ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CERULOPLASMIN; CHELATING AGENT; COPPER; HEMOGLOBIN; PENICILLAMINE; TETRATHIOMOLYBDATE AMMONIUM; TRIENTINE;

ALBUMIN DIALYSIS; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMISTRY; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDITORIAL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATCHFUL WAITING; WILSON DISEASE; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; NOTE;

CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 54449090641     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22587     Document Type: Editorial

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