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Wilson protein expression, copper excretion and sweat production in sweat glands of Wilson disease patients and controls

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 a role in copper excretion into sweat. It is...

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Autores principales: Schaefer, Mark, Schellenberg, Mavi, Merle, Uta, Weiss, Karl Heinz, Stremmel, Wolfgang
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2515315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18637198
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-8-29