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Plasma amino acids in a patient with Wilson's disease presenting with an acute haemolytic anaemia

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A 10-year-old girl with Wilson's disease presented with an acute haemolytic anaemia. Plasma amino acids, studied during two haemolytic episodes, were abnormal, especially cystine, which was increased approximately tenfold.

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  1. Department of Chemical Pathology, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Western Bank, SI0 2TH, Sheffield

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Green, A. Plasma amino acids in a patient with Wilson's disease presenting with an acute haemolytic anaemia. J Inherit Metab Dis 4, 33–36 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02263579

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