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Intractable neurological Wilson's disease treated with orthotopic liver transplantation

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  1. Gastroenterology Division, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid, Box 8124, 63110, St. Louis, Missouri

    A. L. Mason MMBS, W. Marsh MD &  D. H. Alpers MD

  2. Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

    A. L. Mason MMBS, W. Marsh MD &  D. H. Alpers MD

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Mason, A.L., Marsh, W. & Alpers, D.H. Intractable neurological Wilson's disease treated with orthotopic liver transplantation. Digest Dis Sci 38, 1746–1750 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01303186

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