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A Case of Wilson's Disease in Patient with Mildly Elevated Liver Enzymes

Wilson's disease is an autosomal recessive disorder affecting copper transport; it results in the accumulation of copper in the liver, brain, and other organs. Wilson's disease is the most common inherited liver disease with more than 500 cases reported in Korea. An impairment in biliary e...

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Autores principales: Cho, Young-Hye, Jeong, Dong-Wook, Lee, Sang-Yeoup, Park, Son-Ki, Yoon, Ki-Tae, Kim, Yun-Jin, Lee, Jeong-Ku, Lee, Yu-Hyun
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22745856
http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2011.32.3.205
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author Cho, Young-Hye
Jeong, Dong-Wook
Lee, Sang-Yeoup
Park, Son-Ki
Yoon, Ki-Tae
Kim, Yun-Jin
Lee, Jeong-Ku
Lee, Yu-Hyun
author_facet Cho, Young-Hye
Jeong, Dong-Wook
Lee, Sang-Yeoup
Park, Son-Ki
Yoon, Ki-Tae
Kim, Yun-Jin
Lee, Jeong-Ku
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description Wilson's disease is an autosomal recessive disorder affecting copper transport; it results in the accumulation of copper in the liver, brain, and other organs. Wilson's disease is the most common inherited liver disease with more than 500 cases reported in Korea. An impairment in biliary excretion process leads to copper accumulation in the liver, which progressively damages the liver, leading to cirrhosis. Since effective treatment is available for this disease, early and correct diagnosis is very important. Here, we report a case of Wilson's disease with mildly elevated liver enzyme levels in a 29-year-old breast-feeding woman with weight loss.
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spelling pubmed-33831252012-06-28 A Case of Wilson's Disease in Patient with Mildly Elevated Liver Enzymes Cho, Young-Hye Jeong, Dong-Wook Lee, Sang-Yeoup Park, Son-Ki Yoon, Ki-Tae Kim, Yun-Jin Lee, Jeong-Ku Lee, Yu-Hyun Korean J Fam Med Case Report Wilson's disease is an autosomal recessive disorder affecting copper transport; it results in the accumulation of copper in the liver, brain, and other organs. Wilson's disease is the most common inherited liver disease with more than 500 cases reported in Korea. An impairment in biliary excretion process leads to copper accumulation in the liver, which progressively damages the liver, leading to cirrhosis. Since effective treatment is available for this disease, early and correct diagnosis is very important. Here, we report a case of Wilson's disease with mildly elevated liver enzyme levels in a 29-year-old breast-feeding woman with weight loss. The Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2011-03 2011-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3383125/ /pubmed/22745856 http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2011.32.3.205 Text en Copyright © 2011 The Korean Academy of Family Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Cho, Young-Hye
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Park, Son-Ki
Yoon, Ki-Tae
Kim, Yun-Jin
Lee, Jeong-Ku
Lee, Yu-Hyun
A Case of Wilson's Disease in Patient with Mildly Elevated Liver Enzymes
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title_sort case of wilson's disease in patient with mildly elevated liver enzymes
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22745856
http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2011.32.3.205
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