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View Post: <i>Wilson's disease</i>: An Indian perspective Taly AB, Prashanth ...
26 Nov 2009 by Taly AB, Prashanth LK, Sinha S  
An increasing emphasis of research is on the therapeutic aspects of these disorders. Among the inborn errors of metabolism, Wilson's disease (WD) is of specific interest to clinicians as it is potentially curable disease if recognized ... Of the 948 children with chronic liver disease, metabolic liver diseases accounted for 194 (19.7%) patients. Wilson's disease was the most common metabolic liver disease in this study; however, the exact frequency has not been provided. ...
View Blog: Table of Contents : Neurology India : 2009 - 57(5) - http://www.neurologyindia.com/currentissue.asp

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View Post: Disorders of the liver
18 Nov 2009 by Simona  
Two main metabolic disorders affect the liver: haemochromatosis (in which there is too much iron in the body) and Wilson's disease (in which there is an excess of copper in the liver). LIVER CONGENITAL DEFECTS ...
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View Post: Most Common Liver Diseases Which Can Affect Children!
24 Nov 2009 by expedient  
Most important factors which are responsible for a liver damage can include congenital birth defects or certain abnormalities of liver which can occur during birth, certain metabolic disorders or basic defects in your regular body ...
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View Post: High Copper Selectively Alters Lipid Metabolism and Cell Cycle ...
9 Mar 2007 by Huster, D., Purnat, TD, Burkhead, JL, Ralle,...  
Copper is essential for human physiology, but in excess it causes the severe metabolic disorder Wilson disease. Elevated copper is thought to induce pathological changes in tissues by stimulating the production of reactive oxygen ...
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New data emerges on liver transplant ... ...
View Blog: New technique could eliminate inherited mitochondrial disease — [26 Aug 2009] — Researchers have developed an experimental technique with the potential to prevent a class of hereditary disorders passed. ... absence of significant alcohol use (20 gm/day), negative tests for viral hepatitis, negative autoimmune markers such as anti-nuclear antibody and anti-mitochondrial antibody, and negative markers for haemochromatosis, Wilson disease and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

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View Post: New Data Emerges on Liver Transplant Survival Rates « Medical ...
28 Nov 2009 by MFP  
MIAMI, FL - Researchers at the University of Miami School of Medicine compared the outcomes of cirrhotic patients who underwent liver transplants for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis versus alcoholic liver disease and found no statistically ... “Cardiovascular mortality among nonalcoholic steatohepatitis patients was much higher than published autopsy results in liver transplant patients and stresses the importance of control of the metabolic syndrome post-transplant in ...
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View Post: Cirrhosis Diet
9 Nov 2009 by jannet85  
... cirrhosis include hepatitis B, medications, autoimmune inflammation of the liver, disorders of the drainage system of the liver (the biliary system), and metabolic disorders of iron and copper (hemochromatosis and Wilson's disease). ...
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View Post: 、｜iZu's bLoG
22 Nov 2009
Disease of the skin and mucous membranes. Atopic dermatitis. Basal-cell nevus syndrome. Ichthyosis Pemphigus Metabolic and nutrition diseases. Aminoaciduria (Lowe's syndrome) Diabetes mellitus. Fabry's disease. Galactosemia / galactosemic cataract. Homocystinuria Hypervitaminosis D Hyperparathyroidism Hypothyroidism Mucopolysaccharidoses Wilson's disease. Infectious diseases. Congenital Congenital herpes simplex. Congenital syphilis. Cytomegalic inclusion disease. Rubella ...
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View Post: free download parenting : articles endocrine and metabolic disorders
31 May 2009 by clinicalpediatric  
by cristina santander ...
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View Post: hepatitis
7 Jul 2009 by livertransplantinchina  
metabolic disorders. some metabolic disorders cause different forms of hepatitis. hemochromatosis (due to iron accumulation) and wilson's disease (copper accumulation) can cause liver inflammation and necrosis. ...
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