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<journal>
<title>Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran</title>
<title_fa>مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران</title_fa>
<short_title>Med J Islam Repub Iran</short_title>
<subject>Medical Sciences</subject>
<web_url>http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir</web_url>
<journal_hbi_system_id>2</journal_hbi_system_id>
<journal_hbi_system_user>journal2</journal_hbi_system_user>
<journal_id_issn>1016-1430</journal_id_issn>
<journal_id_issn_online>2251-6840</journal_id_issn_online>
<journal_id_pii>8</journal_id_pii>
<journal_id_doi>10.18869/mjiri</journal_id_doi>
<journal_id_iranmedex></journal_id_iranmedex>
<journal_id_magiran></journal_id_magiran>
<journal_id_sid>14</journal_id_sid>
<journal_id_nlai>8888</journal_id_nlai>
<journal_id_science>13</journal_id_science>
<language>en</language>
<pubdate>
	<type>jalali</type>
	<year>1384</year>
	<month>8</month>
	<day>1</day>
</pubdate>
<pubdate>
	<type>gregorian</type>
	<year>2005</year>
	<month>11</month>
	<day>1</day>
</pubdate>
<volume>18</volume>
<number>4</number>
<publish_type>online</publish_type>
<publish_edition>1</publish_edition>
<article_type>fulltext</article_type>
<articleset>
	<article>


	<language>en</language>
	<article_id_doi></article_id_doi>
	<title_fa></title_fa>
	<title>EVALUATION OF LABORATORY FINDINGS IN CHILDREN WITH WILSON'S DISEASE IN EMA M KHOMEINI HOSPITAL DURING 1994-2003</title>
	<subject_fa>Pediatric</subject_fa>
	<subject>Pediatric</subject>
	<content_type_fa>Original Research: Clinical Science</content_type_fa>
	<content_type>Original Research: Clinical Science</content_type>
	<abstract_fa></abstract_fa>
	<abstract>Wilson's disease is a rare but treatable condition with variable clinical presentations.
Its diagnosis depends on a combination of clinical and laboratory findings. We
evaluated the clinical and laboratory findings in children with Wilson's disease (WD).
Twenty -seven children (4-14 years, 59.2 % male, 40.7% female) with confirmed
WD were evaluated between 1994 and 2003 at Imam Khomeini Hospital.
Seventeen patients (64%) presented with liver abnormalities, 3( 11 %) with neurological
features, 3(11 %) with fulminant hepatic failure and 4(14%) were asymptomatic
siblings of patients with WD. The presence of Kayser Fleischer rings, high urine copper
excretion, low ceruloplasmin level, and elevated liver copper concentration were detected
in 51.8%, 77.7%, 92.5% and 72.7% of patients respectively.
We emphasize on clinical findings together with one or more laboratory findings as
a diagnostic guide in WD and also recommend evaluation of serum ceruloplasmin level
and 24 hour urine copper excretion particularly when liver biopsy may not be obtained.

</abstract>
	<keyword_fa></keyword_fa>
	<keyword>Wilson\'s disease, laboratory findings, children.</keyword>
	<start_page>327</start_page>
	<end_page>330</end_page>
	<web_url>http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-298-74&amp;slc_lang=en&amp;sid=1</web_url>


<author_list>
	<author>
	<first_name>SHAHLA</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>BAHREMAND</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code>20031947532846003510</code>
	<orcid>20031947532846003510</orcid>
	<coreauthor>Yes
</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>the  Pediatric Gastroenterology Ward, Emam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>YAHYA</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>AGHIGHI</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code>20031947532846003511</code>
	<orcid>20031947532846003511</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>the Pediatric Rheumatology Ward, Emam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>ZOHREH</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>OLOOMI YAZDI</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code>20031947532846003512</code>
	<orcid>20031947532846003512</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>thePediatric Hematology Ward, Emam Khomieni Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>HESHMAT</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>MOAYERI</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code>20031947532846003513</code>
	<orcid>20031947532846003513</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>the Pediatric Endocrinology Ward, Emam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>LALEH</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>RAZAVI</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code>20031947532846003514</code>
	<orcid>20031947532846003514</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>the Pediatric Ward, Emam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>MANSOUR</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>NATEGHI</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code>20031947532846003515</code>
	<orcid>20031947532846003515</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>the Pediatric Ward, Emam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


</author_list>


	</article>
</articleset>
</journal>
