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Sideroblastic Anemia in a Young Woman Being Treated for Wilson Disease

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2023
D-penicillamine and zinc are both useful in the treatment of Wilson disease. Both drugs can cause pancytopenia by the direct toxic effect on the marrow or sideroblastic anemia caused by hyperzincemia-induced hypocupremia. Although serum copper levels are
Vivien Mak, Kate Leung, Wai-lim Yiu
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Atypical Presentation of Wilson Disease without Kayser-Fleischer Ring in Geriatric Age [PDF]

Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences, 2010
It is a rare event for Wilson Disease to have onset in geriatric age with neurological symptoms. And it is even rarer for such a condition to occur in the absence of Kayser-Fleischer Ring.
Anil Kumar T, Sudhir U, Priya Singal, Punith K   +3 more
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Serum copper and ceruloplasmin levels as biomarkers reflecting liver fibrosis in children with autoimmune hepatitis [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
Background Clinical, biochemical, histological, and immunological indicators are frequently used to diagnose autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), a chronic inflammatory liver disease affecting children.
Salma Abdel Megeed Nagi, Mai Ibrahim Elashmawy, Amany E. Elashkar, Mohamed Zaeim Hafez, Ashraf A.E. Emara, Osama Mohammad Abdelhay, Albayoumi A.B. Fouda, Mohamed AbdelAziz Doma, Ahmad Mohamed Awad, Ahmed Mohammed Saba, Hesham Abdelrahman Ahmed, Ahmed Mohamed Gad Allah, Fatma Mahmoud Abdelraheem, Mohamed A. Gad, Mohamad A. Soliman, Tamer I. Abdalrhman, Khaled Hassaan Awad, Ismael A.K.M. El-lebedy, Mostafa M. Abdelnaser, Mohammed Z. Abdel Kareem, Marwa Fekry Hassan, Shymaa Sobhy Menshawy Khalifa   +21 more
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The first experience of non-interferon therapy of HCV infection in patients with Wilson-Konovalov’s disease [PDF]

Терапевтический архив, 2018
In the article we present three clinical observations demonstrating that HCV infection in patients with remission of Wilson disease causes an recrudescence of the disease, in one of the observations - decompensation of liver cirrhosis.
T P Rozina, T M Ignatova, S V Fastovets, E E Starostina, L M Samokhodskaia, T N Krasnova   +5 more
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Wilson – Konovalov Disease: Clinical Cases with Different Manifestations and Outcomes

Российский журнал гастроэнтерологии, гепатологии, колопроктологии, 2023
Аim: to describe clinical cases of Wilson – Konovalov disease in pediatric patients.Key points. The first clinical case demonstrates the manifestation of Wilson – Konovalov disease with unexplained mild elevation of aminotransferases at the age of 6 ...
O. V. Samodova, G. P. Smirnova, E. A. Krieger   +2 more
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Towards Bioengineered Liver Stem Cell Transplantation Studies in a Preclinical Dog Model for Inherited Copper Toxicosis

Bioengineering, 2019
Wilson Disease is a rare autosomal recessive liver disorder in humans. Although its clinical presentation and age of onset are highly variable, hallmarks include signs of liver disease, neurological features and so-called Kayser-Fleischer rings in the ...
Hedwig S. Kruitwagen, Hille Fieten, Louis C. Penning   +2 more
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Wilson disease in Northern Portugal: a long-term follow-up study

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2022
Introduction Wilson disease is an autosomal recessive disease of liver copper metabolism with predominant hepatic and neurological manifestations. Long-term data on the clinical follow-up and treatment efficacy are limited due to the low frequency of the
Isabel Garrido, Margarida Marques, Rodrigo Liberal, Hélder Cardoso, Susana Lopes, Guilherme Macedo   +5 more
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A Discussion on the Management of Wilson Disease

European Medical Journal Hepatology, 2017
Prof Peter Ferenci opened the meeting by providing a background to Wilson disease (WD), an enigmatic condition where no two cases are the same. He explored the aetiology, peak age of presentation, and long-term outlook.
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Practical and Multidisciplinary Review on Wilson Disease: The Portuguese Perspective

GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology
Wilson disease (WD) is a genetic disorder of copper metabolism caused by mutations in the ATP7B gene resulting in toxic copper accumulation in several organs.
Filipe Calinas, Hélder Cardoso, Sofia Carvalhana, José Ferreira, Cristina Gonçalves, Marina Magalhães, Helena Pessegueiro Miranda, José Presa, Carla Rolanda, Arsénio Santos, Rui M. Santos   +10 more
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Wilson Disease in a Turkish Population: Molecular Insights into an Old Disease with Reported and Novel Variants

Gazi Medical Journal
Objective: Wilson’s disease (WD) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic liver disorder with hepatic, neurological, or psychiatric manifestations between 1st to 5th decades.
Abdullatif Bakır, Vehap Topçu, Büşranur Çavdarlı   +2 more
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