Never forget aceruloplasminemia in case of highly suggestive Wilson's disease score

Hepatology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1645-1647

  Kerkhof, Marjon ^a   Honkoop, Pieter ^a  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; IRON;

ACERULOPLASMINEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DYSARTHRIA; FAMILY HISTORY; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; IRON METABOLISM; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATION WITH BRAIN IRON ACCUMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; WILSON DISEASE;

BIOPSY; BRAIN; CERULOPLASMIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; IRON METABOLISM DISORDERS; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84896495485     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26719     Document Type: Article

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