Serum ceruloplasmin oxidase activity is a sensitive and highly specific diagnostic marker for Wilson's disease

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 925-930

  Merle, Uta ^a   Eisenbach, Christoph ^a   Weiss, Karl Heinz ^a   Tuma, Sabine ^a   Stremmel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ceruloplasmin; Oxidase activity; Wilson's disease

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CERULOPLASMIN; CERULOPLASMIN OXIDASE; DIANISIDINE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILSON DISEASE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERULOPLASMIN; DIANISIDINE; FEMALE; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349748259     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.06.022     Document Type: Article

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