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2919520

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-3-24
pubmed:abstractText
The first female child of healthy German parents, breast-fed for 5 weeks, developed progressive abdominal distension due to hepatosplenomegaly at the age of 7 months and died from acute liver failure 3 months later. Histology showed destruction of liver architecture with extreme hepatocellular copper storage, characteristic of "Indian childhood cirrhosis" (ICC). The family received drinking water from a well via copper pipes. The copper level of the water was extremely elevated (430 and 5510 micrograms/l) so that exogenous copper intake during the first months of life may have induced the fatal liver disease, probably in association with an unproven genetic disposition. This is the first description of a case of ICC in a member of a non-Indian family in Europe.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0001-656X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
152-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
First description of "Indian childhood cirrhosis" in a non-Indian infant in Europe.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Paediatrics, University of München, FRG.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports