Acute liver failure in Hungarian Wilson's disease patients
E Horváth, A Folhoffer, T Csák, A Horváth, J Osztovits, Z Visnyei, L Csihi, Z Gerlei, I Fehérvári, L Kóbori, B Nemes, J Járay, J Schuller, J Kósa, F Szalay · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2009 · Heft 05
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Background: Wilson's Disease (WD) may manifest in any form of acute and chronic liver disease. Fulminant hepatitis is a rare presenting form. In majority of cases only the liver transplantation can save the life. Our aim was to study the data of Hungarian WD patients with fulminant hepatitis. Epidemiological, clinical and gene mutation analysis were performed. Patients and methods: Out of 142 recorded patients from Hungary 19 (15 women, 4 men, age: 16±4 years) had Wilson's disease related fulminant hepatitis. The diagnosis of WD was based on the international scoring system. The mutation of H1069Q was tested by…
