Long-term outcome in Serbian patients with Wilson disease

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 852-857

  Svetel, M ^b   Pekmezovic T ^b   Petrovic I ^b   Tomic A ^b   Kresojevic N ^b   Jesic R ^b   Kazic S ^c   Raicevic R ^d   Stefanovic D ^e   Delibasic N ^e   Zivanovic D ^f   Dordevic M ^g   Kostic V S ^a,b  

^a Institute of Neurology   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c Clinical Centre Zvezdara   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^e Clinical Centre of Vojvodina   (Serbia)

^f UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Serbia)

^g Mother and Child Health Care Institute of Serbia   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Mortality; Wilson disease

Indexed keywords

PENICILLAMINE; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERBIA; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WILSON DISEASE;

AGE OF ONSET; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHELATING AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; MALE; PENICILLAMINE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERBIA;

EID: 66749140322     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02607.x     Document Type: Article

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