The acute haemolytic syndrome in Wilson's disease-a review of 22 patients

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1003-1008

  Walshe, J M ^a,b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; HEMOGLOBIN; PENICILLAMINE; SERUM ALBUMIN; TETRATHIOMOLYBDIC ACID; TRIENTINE; CHELATING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7 DEFICIENCY; CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; WILSON DISEASE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; COMPLICATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; CHELATING AGENTS; CHILD; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886994551     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hct137     Document Type: Article

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