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Plasma amino acids in a patient with Wilson's disease presenting with an acute haemolytic anaemia
Author(s) -
Green A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of inherited metabolic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1573-2665
pISSN - 0141-8955
DOI - 10.1007/bf02263579
Subject(s) - cystine , haemolytic disease , medicine , amino acid , disease , pediatrics , gastroenterology , endocrinology , chemistry , biochemistry , biology , pregnancy , enzyme , genetics , fetus , cysteine
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.