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Wilson's disease is a treatable autosomal recessive inherited disorder of copper metabolism due to mutation of the copper transporting gene. The basic strategy of treatment is to reduce the amount...
Wilson s disease is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by degenerative changes in the brain, liver, and cornea. Treatment includes D-penicillamine, trientine, and zinc sulfate. D-penicillamine has been used...
Wilson disease is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by a deficient ATP7B activity. Copper is an important mineral in the body involved in mitochondrial respiration, melanin biosynthesis, dopamin metabolism, iron...
PURPOSE: To investigate the clinical features of long-term follow-up, and the treatment responses in Korean children with Wilson disease(WD).
METHODS: The clinical data from ninety-two children with WD, diagnosed at Seoul...
D-penicillamine has been reported to cause antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis presenting as rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis or pulmonary-renal syndrome mostly in adults. We report a pediatric case of D-penicillamine induced...