ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION FOR WILSON’S DISEASE

. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 28.

Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 1971 Mar 13;1(7698):505–508. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(71)91121-4

FINDINGS IN PATIENT’S RELATIVES

Case	Cæruloplasmin (mg./100ml.)^*	Serum-copper (μg./100 ml.)^†	24 hr. urine-copper (μg.)^‡	⁶⁴Cu: ratio 48hr./1–2hr.^§

Father. .	31.5	135	17	1.606
Mother. .	58.9	183	6	1.354
Sibling 1	24.5	81	4	0.858
Sibling 2	29.0	113	5	1.104
Sibling 3	67.9	198	5	2.030

Normal = 22–43.

^†

Normal = 70–118.

^‡

Normal = < 30.

^§

Heterozygotes = < 0.599.