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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1975;18(2):145-152. Published online February 28, 1975.

Three Cases of Wilson’s Disease

Hyesook Chang¹, Heung Jae Lee¹, Hak Jin Chang¹, Chong Koo Yun¹, Sang Hyup Kim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University Seoul, Korea

Abstract

The authors experienced, three cases of Wilson’s disease, which diagnosis were confirmed by family history, their characteristic clinical manifestations with liver and neurological symptoms, Kayser-Fleischer ring and laboratory data with decreased serum ceruloplasmin level and increased 24 hours urine copper excretion. The authors observed their clinical progression after penicillamin therapy. The authors presented these cases and reviewed the referential literatures cn the 'Wilson’s disease.

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