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This was a case of Wilson’s disease found in a 14 year old Korean boy
1) The patient showed abdominal distension, splenomegaly, pitting edema on the lower
extremity, and Kayser-Fleischer ring on the corneal margin of both eyes.
2) The laboratory findings showed low level of ceruloplasmin (3.5 mg/dl) and high level of
urinary copper(284.8 ug per day). 3) D-penicillamine (1.0 gm per day)... |
