Screening for Wilson’s disease in acute liver failure: A new scoring system in children

BackgroundWilson’s disease (WD) is a rare cause of acute liver failure (ALF) and has a high fatality rate. Rapid and accurate diagnosis is important for ALF because of WD (ALF-WD). Our objective was to establish a simple, rapid, and accurate diagnostic test to distinguish ALF-WD from non-WD ALF (NWD...

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Main Authors: Cai-Xia Feng, Xiu-Qi Chen, Xiao-Li He, Lian-Cheng Lan, Qing Tang, Li Huang, Qing-Wen Shan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2022.1003887/full