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Renal impairment in different phenotypes of Wilson disease.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Nov 2015
Wang Honghao, Zhou Zhihua, Hu Jiyuan, Han Yongzhu, Wang Xun, Cheng Nan, Wu Yunfan, Yang Renmin
Abstract excerpt
Wilson's disease (WD) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disease resulting in the chronic deposition of copper in both liver and brain. This can lead to hepatic, neurologic, and psychiatric manifestations. Renal impairment can occur in any period of WD, but the mechanism is not yet known. In this study, we analyzed the clinical data of 691 newly diagnosed WD patients to investigate the blood urea nitrogen...
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