Wilson’s disease and diagnostic conundrum in a low income country

Wilson’s disease is a well-known leading cause of chronic liver disease in children. However it may remain undiagnosed in a resource limited setting for a long period. We describe a six year male child diagnosed Wilson’s disease with extreme elevation of liver enzymes which is not reported earlier....

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Autor principal: Patra, Pratap Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5491743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28690716
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.26.201.11377
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Sumario:Wilson’s disease is a well-known leading cause of chronic liver disease in children. However it may remain undiagnosed in a resource limited setting for a long period. We describe a six year male child diagnosed Wilson’s disease with extreme elevation of liver enzymes which is not reported earlier. The diagnosis was also baffling because of inconsistency of other laboratory parameters.

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