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Pilot study of screening for Wilson disease using dried blood spots obtained from children seen at outpatient clinics.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Feb 1999
Ohura T, Abukawa D, Shiraishi H, Yamaguchi A, Arashima S, Hiyamuta S, Tada K, Iinuma K
Abstract excerpt
Wilson disease (WD) is an autosomal recessive disorder of copper accumulation leading to liver and/or brain damage. In this paper, we describe the results of a pilot study of screening for WD using ceruloplasmin determinations in dried blood samples. Specimens were collected from children aged 1...
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