Journal of Hepatology
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 172-173 , August 2007

Non-invasive testing for Wilson disease: Revisiting the d-penicillamine challenge test

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☆ The authors declare that they do not have anything to disclose regarding funding or conflict of interest with respect to this manuscript.

PII: S0168-8278(07)00284-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2007.05.002

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 172-173 , August 2007

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