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PROSPECTIVE SCREENING OF WILSON DISEASE IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN USING SPOT URINE: AN UNFORESEEN SUCCESS IN CASE DIAGNOSIS IN A PILOT STUDY
2025-08-21
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<h4>Background</h4> Wilson disease (WD) is a rare but commonly under-diagnosed inherited metabolic disease. Patients who are diagnosed early before disease onset (pre-symptomatic WD) have a good response to treatment. For universal screening in children, spot urine tests are more feasible than 24-hour urine collection. We previously established reference ranges for spot urine copper excretion indices. Here, we ev...
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- 3c3ee0a2-c09c-5303-88d2-c1b2f22f4fb6
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- 10.1101/2025.08.20.25333881