title: Idiopathic hepatic copper toxicosis in a child.
abstract: A 10-year-old Italian boy with chronic liver disease and copper overload is described. Biological and histopathological findings are similar to those described in children with Indian childhood cirrhosis. This report suggests that a disease akin to Indian childhood cirrhosis but different from Wilson disease can be found in non-Indian children probably representing a new, possibly inherited, disease of copper metabolism leading to copper overload in the liver.
authors: Clinica Pediatrica, Università di Pavia, Italy.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Maggiore
authors: C
authors: C
authors: De Giacomo
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Sessa
authors: G R
authors: GR
authors: Burgio
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003300:Copper / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006527:Hepatolenticular Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D003300:Copper