Immunochemical studies in Wilson's disease.
The present study deals with a total of 28 cases of Wilson's disease, 50 normal individuals alongwith siblings and parents of eight cases. Male predominance (18 out of 28 cases), a median age of 11 years and universal presence of Kayser-Fleischer (K. F.) ring marked the cardinal features. Furthermore, 11 patients had hepatic-neural presentation while two had only the K. F. Ring without clinical abnormality. Single Radial Immunodiffusion (SRID) as the absolute quantitative procedure revealed a profound deficiency of ceruloplasmin with the levels ranging anywhere between 0.5 mg/dI to 23 mg/dI amongst the patients of Wilson's disease. The data from siblings and parents also revealed deficiency in 15 out of 23 serum samples when subjected to disc electrophoresis-benzidine screening procedure.
Chande
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Immunochemistry Section, Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Nagpur.
Thakar
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Pande
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Dhanvijay
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Saoji
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001797:Blood Protein Electrophoresis; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002570:Ceruloplasmin / Q000172:deficiency*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004589:Electrophoresis, Disc; D005260:Female; D006527:Hepatolenticular Degeneration / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male
D002570:Ceruloplasmin