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Copper concentration of liver tissue under long-term copper-histidine therapy in a patient with Menkes disease

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Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

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Copper-histidine is the treatment of choice in Menkes disease but bears the potential risk of copper overload and induced liver cirrhosis. We report normal copper concentrations of liver tissue over an 8-year treatment period with copper-histidine.

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  1. Department of General Paediatrics, University Hospital Graz, Graz, Austria

    T. Kroepfl, E. Mair, J. Deutsch, M. Brunner-Krainz & E. Paschke

  2. Department of General Paediatrics, University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 30, Graz, A-8036, Austria

    B. Plecko

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Correspondence to B. Plecko.

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Kroepfl, T., Mair, E., Deutsch, J. et al. Copper concentration of liver tissue under long-term copper-histidine therapy in a patient with Menkes disease. J Inherit Metab Dis 29, 593 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10545-006-0312-1

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