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Heme metabolism genes Downregulated in COPD Cachexia. [PDF]

, 2020
IntroductionCachexia contributes to increased mortality and reduced quality of life in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and may be associated with underlying gene expression changes.
Agusti, Alvar, Arora, Itika, Bhatt, Surya P, Casaburi, Richard, Castaldi, Peter J, Dransfield, Mark T, Hersh, Craig P, Kumar, Preeti L, Lee, Sool, Lomas, David A, McDonald, Merry-Lynn N, Morrow, Jarrett D, Parker, Margaret M, Rennard, Stephen I, Silverman, Edwin K, Tal-Singer, Ruth, Thannickal, Victor J, Tiwari, Hemant K, Washko, George, Wells, J Michael, Wilson, Ava C, Wouters, Emiel FM   +21 more
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Wilson protein expression, copper excretion and sweat production in sweat glands of Wilson disease patients and controls

BMC Gastroenterology, 2008
Background In Wilson disease, copper is not sufficiently excreted into bile due to the absence or malfunction of the Wilson protein copper ATPase in the excretory pathway of hepatocytes. Copper is found in sweat. It is unknown if the Wilson protein plays
Weiss Karl, Merle Uta, Schellenberg Mavi, Schaefer Mark, Stremmel Wolfgang   +4 more
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The pseudosclerotic form (“wing beating tremor”) of Wilson’s disease [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2015
Wilson disease is a rare monogenic, autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism, leading to progressive accumulation of copper in different organs, essentially in the liver, brain and cornea. We report a case of a 25 years old man, Caucasian, with “
Alina Poalelungi, Viorel Poalelungi, Daniela Mladin, Bogdan O. Popescu   +3 more
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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, Jorge Júlvez, Stephen G. Oliver   +2 more
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Wilson disease in a Nigerian child: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012
Introduction Wilson disease is rarely reported among African children. This report describes the second case report of a Nigerian child with Wilson disease in three decades.
Esezobor Christopher, Banjoko Nora, Rotimi-Samuel Adekunle, Lesi Foluso Ebun   +3 more
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New ATP7B Gene Mutation in a Brazilian Patient with Wilson Disease

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2022
We report the case of a 70-year-old man diagnosed with late-onset Wilson disease (WD) with mild neurological symptoms only and a new mutation in the ATP7B gene.
Marcus Villander Barros de Oliveira Sá, Flavio José Siqueira Pacheco, Jorge Luiz Carvalho Figueredo, Gustavo Henrique de Sá Miranda Cavancante Filho, Thiago de Oliveira Silva, Luydson Richardson Vasconcelos Silva   +5 more
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Rising plasma nociceptin level during development of HCC: A case report [PDF]

, 2004
AIM: Although liver cirrhosis is a predisposing factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), relatively few reports are available on HCC in primary biliary cirrhosis.
Folhoffer, Anikó, Halász, Judit, Hantos, Mónika Beatrix, Horváth, Andrea, Illyés, György, Lakatos, Péter László, Schaff, Zsuzsa, Szalay, Ferenc, Tekes, Kornélia   +8 more
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Alterations of lipid metabolism in Wilson disease [PDF]

, 2011
Introduction Wilson disease (WD) is an inherited disorder of human copper metabolism, characterised by accumulation of copper predominantly in the liver and brain, leading to severe hepatic and neurological disease.
Jessica Seessle, Annina Gohdes, Daniel Gotthardt, Jan Pfeiffenberger, Nicola Eckert, Wolfgang Stremmel, Ulrike Reuner, Karl Weiss   +7 more
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Quality of Life in Children with Wilson Disease: A Single Center Study [PDF]

Pediatric Sciences Journal
Background: Wilson disease (WD) is associated with compromised health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in both adults and children, even in the early stages of the liver disease.
Walaa ElNaggar, Engy Adel Mogahed, Eman Taher Al Said, Afaf Enayet   +3 more
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The study of metaphor as part of Critical Discourse Analysis [PDF]

, 2012
This article discusses how the study of metaphoric and more generally, figurative language use contributes to critical discourse analysis (CDA). It shows how cognitive linguists’ recognition of metaphor as a fundamental means of concept- and argument ...
Andreas Musolff, Barcelona A., Black M., Bosmajian H., Cameron L., Carver T., Charteris-Black J., Chilton P., Fairclough N., Fauconnier G., Goatly A., Grice P., Hawkins B., Johnson M., Kövecses Z., Kövecses Z., Lakoff G., Lakoff G., Lakoff G., Lakoff G., Leezenberg M., Lovejoy A. O., Maalej Z., Mahon J. E., Musolff A., Musolff A., Panther K.-U., Radden G., Rash F., Reisigl M., Richards I. A., Richardson J. E., Ricoeur P., Semino E., Sontag S., Sperber D., Steen G., Tendahl M., Wodak R., Wodak R., Yu N.   +40 more
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