Wilson's disease: An endocrine revelation

Wilson's disease is an inherited disorder of copper metabolism. The affected patients, who otherwise have a near normal life span, may often suffer from some potentially treatable and under recognized endocrine disorders that may hinder their quality of life. We explored previously published li...

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Autores principales: Kapoor, Nitin, Shetty, Sahana, Thomas, Nihal, Paul, Thomas Vizhalil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4192994/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25364683
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.141383
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description Wilson's disease is an inherited disorder of copper metabolism. The affected patients, who otherwise have a near normal life span, may often suffer from some potentially treatable and under recognized endocrine disorders that may hinder their quality of life. We explored previously published literature on the various endocrine aspects of this disease with their probable underlying mechanisms, highlighting the universal need of research in this area.
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spelling pubmed-41929942014-11-01 Wilson's disease: An endocrine revelation Kapoor, Nitin Shetty, Sahana Thomas, Nihal Paul, Thomas Vizhalil Indian J Endocrinol Metab Brief Communication Wilson's disease is an inherited disorder of copper metabolism. The affected patients, who otherwise have a near normal life span, may often suffer from some potentially treatable and under recognized endocrine disorders that may hinder their quality of life. We explored previously published literature on the various endocrine aspects of this disease with their probable underlying mechanisms, highlighting the universal need of research in this area. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4192994/ /pubmed/25364683 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.141383 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4192994/
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