Toward Cultural Oncology: The Evolutionary Information Dynamics of Cancer [PDF]
, 2003 'Racial' disparities among cancers, particularly of the breast and prostate, are something of a mystery. For the US, in the face of slavery and its sequelae, centuries of interbreeding have greatly leavened genetic differences between 'Blacks' and ...
Wallace, Deborah +2 more
core +2 more sources
Psychosis in Wilson's disease: A rare case presentation
Archives of Mental Health, 2021 Wilson's disease is an uncommon genetic disorder, in which abnormal copper accumulation occurs in various parts of the body. Approximately 30% of patients debut with neuropsychiatric symptoms posing a diagnostic challenge in the initial phase.
Kota Raga Sumedha +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Pulmonary Hypertension as an Initial Presentation of Wilson’s Disease: A Case Report [PDF]
Reviews in Clinical Medicine, 2020 Wilson’s disease is a rare genetic disorder, which is associated with clinical manifestations such as liver dysfunction, psychological and neurological issues, and specific laboratory findings demonstrating the increased urinary excretion of copper and ...
Fariba Rezaeetalab, Mahnaz Mozdourian
doaj +1 more source
Dysregulated Choline, Methionine, and Aromatic Amino Acid Metabolism in Patients with Wilson Disease: Exploratory Metabolomic Profiling and Implications for Hepatic and Neurologic Phenotypes. [PDF]
, 2019 Wilson disease (WD) is a genetic copper overload condition characterized by hepatic and neuropsychiatric symptoms with a not well-understood pathogenesis.
Czlonkowska, Anna +6 more
core +2 more sources
Rare complication of hepatocellular carcinoma in Wilson's disease
JGH Open, 2021 The complication of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Wilson's disease is rare. Wilson's disease treatment using D‐penicillamine (DPA) is useful to prevent HCC occurrence; however, it also causes iron accumulation and synergistic radical formation in the
Marina Ohkoshi‐Yamada +3 more
doaj +1 more source
'Death and Doctor Hornbook' by Robert Burns: A view from medical history [PDF]
, 2010 Robert Burns's poem, Death and Doctor Hornbook, 1785, tells of the drunken narrator's late night encounter with Death. The Grim Reaper is annoyed that ‘Dr Hornbook’, a local schoolteacher who has taken to selling medications and giving medical advice, is
Nicolson, M.
core +1 more source
Handling variability and incompleteness of biological data by flexible nets: a case study for Wilson disease. [PDF]
, 2018 Mathematical models that combine predictive accuracy with explanatory power are central to the progress of systems and synthetic biology, but the heterogeneity and incompleteness of biological data impede our ability to construct such models. Furthermore,
Duygu Dikicioglu +2 more
core +3 more sources
Hepatitis induced by noni juice from Morinda citrifolia: A rare cause of hepatotoxicity or the tip of the iceberg? [PDF]
, 2006 A 24-year-old female patient presented to her community hospital with mild elevations of serum transaminase and bilirubin levels. Because of multiple sclerosis, she was treated with interferon beta-la for 6 weeks.
Diebold, J. +3 more
core +1 more source
Zdravniški Vestnik, 2013 Wilson s disease (WD) is a genetically determined, autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism. The gene ATP7B encodes a copper carrier that both transports copper from hepatocyte to bile and ceruloplasmin copper incorporation.
Vojislav N. Perisic
doaj +3 more sources
Nephrotic syndrome after treatment with D-penicillamine in a patient with Wilson’s disease
Romanian Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2014 Wilson’s disease is an inherited autosomal recessive disorder of copper balance leading to accumulation of copper mainly in liver and brain result from absent or reduced function of copper-transporting P-type ATPase.
Kostadinova Anna D. +3 more
doaj +1 more source