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OBJECTIVE
To investigate the clinical character and therapeutic effect of late-onset Wilson disease,and to provide some evidence for its diagnosis and treatment.
METHODS
Clinical character, changes of copper metabolism, and therapeutic effect of 8 patients with late-onset Wilson disease were
BACKGROUND
The introduction of penicillamine in the treatment of Wilson's disease (hepatolenticular degeneration) was a historical event [1]. D-pericillamine (d-PAM) showed some potential side effects such as myasthenia, kidney toxicity, etc. In previous decade the treatment of Wilson's disease (WD)
Acute liver failure and haemolytic syndrome appeared quite suddenly as the first manifestations of Wilson disease (WD) in five of our patients previously regarded as healthy persons (although an interview showed that 2-4 weeks prior to the illness the patients complained of several non-specific