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Value of molecular analysis of Wilson's disease in the absence of tissue copper deposits: a novel ATP7B mutation in an adult patient.
The Netherlands journal of medicine - 1 Sept 2008
Kok K F, Hoevenaars B, Waanders E, Drenth J P H
Abstract excerpt
Wilson's disease (WD) is a disorder of copper metabolism leading to copper accumulation in the liver and in extrahepatic organs, such as brain and cornea. We present a patient with liver disease who did not fulfil the biochemical criteria for WD. Mutational analysis was necessary to make the diag...
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