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Childhood onset of Wilson's disease
a case report
Zagreb: University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, 2014. urn:nbn:hr:105:142560
Kalamar, Vilim
University of Zagreb
School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics

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Kalamar, V. (2014). Childhood onset of Wilson's disease : a case report (Master's thesis). Zagreb: University of Zagreb, School of Medicine. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:142560

Kalamar, Vilim. "Childhood onset of Wilson's disease : a case report." Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, 2014. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:142560

Kalamar, Vilim. "Childhood onset of Wilson's disease : a case report." Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, 2014. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:142560

Kalamar, V. (2014). 'Childhood onset of Wilson's disease : a case report', Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, accessed 18 April 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:142560

Kalamar V. Childhood onset of Wilson's disease : a case report [Master's thesis]. Zagreb: University of Zagreb, School of Medicine; 2014 [cited 2024 April 18] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:142560

V. Kalamar, "Childhood onset of Wilson's disease : a case report", Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Zagreb, 2014. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:142560

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TitleChildhood onset of Wilson's disease : a case report
AuthorVilim Kalamar
MentorJurica Vuković (mentor)
Committee memberDuška Tješić-Drinković (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberMarija Jelušić (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberJurica Vuković (član povjerenstva)
GranterUniversity of Zagreb
School of Medicine
(Department of Pediatrics)
Zagreb
Defense date and country2014-07-15, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Clinical Medical Sciences
Pediatrics
Abstract
Wilson’s disease is a rare genetic disease that can present very early in life as a clinically non-specific illness with abnormal biochemical tests to life-threatening cirrhosis, liver failure and irreversible neurological deficits. Diagnosis can be challenging if symptoms are minimal. Wilson’s disease can range from a relatively mild disease if strict adherence to medications is maintained to a very difficult disease that requires liver transplantation as the only option for a normal life. I have analyzed the cases of three patients. Patient 1 initially presented with hepatic lesions at age sixteen. This was the first step in clinical workup that eventually led to his diagnosis of Wilson’s disease. He has had a difficult course and has recently been placed on the liver transplantation list. Patient 2 presented with deranged liver transaminases, decreased serum copper and decreased ceruloplasmin while hospitalized with mononucleosis at the age of 10. Patient 3 is the older sister of patient 2. At age seventeen, she presented with fatigue, leg swelling and absence of menstruation for five months at the time of initial hospitalization.
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:105:142560
Study programmeTitle: Medicine (in English language)
Study programme type: university
Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate
Academic / professional title: doktor/doktorica medicine (doktor/doktorica medicine)
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