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Severe hepatic Wilson's disease in preschool-aged children.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Nov 2000
Wilson D C, Phillips M J, Cox D W, Roberts E A
Abstract excerpt
A 3-year-old girl presented with hemolytic anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, ascites, and evidence of decompensated chronic liver disease. Genotypic DNA analysis revealed that the patient was homozygous for a splice site mutation now designated IVS4-1:G>C, expected to destroy completely the functional gene product of ATP7B, the gene responsible for Wilson's disease. We suggest that this severe mutation caused very...
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