Copper and ceruloplasmin contents in the blood serum of peripheral and pre-hepatic veins.
Cooper and ceruloplasmin contents were determined in samples of peripheral and pre-hepatic venous blood of 11 patients with Manson's schistosomiasis and one patient with hepatolenticular degeneration, all of çhich submitted either to porto-caval or spleno-renal shunt. Individual difference were not significant in any of the non-Wilsonian patients. The results are discussed in regard to the current knowledge on the pathogenesis of Wilson's disease.
D002570:Ceruloplasmin / Q000097:blood*; D003300:Copper / Q000097:blood*; D006527:Hepatolenticular Degeneration / Q000097:blood; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000097:blood; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000097:blood*
D003300:Copper; D002570:Ceruloplasmin