One year of oral zinc sulphate therapy in a child with Wilson's disease
โ Scribed by MARRELLA, M; MILANINO, R; MORETTI, U; DEGANELLO, A; VELO, G
- Book ID
- 122041617
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 79 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-6618
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An 8-year-old boy with an hepatic form of Wilson disease was treated with oral zinc sulphate as the primary and sole therapy. After 4 months, liver function had dramatically improved, and the parameters characterizing copper metabolism had also normalized.
The standard therapy for preventing copper accumulation in Wilson's disease, D-penicillamine, has been a life-saving drug, but it has many side effects and some patients are completely intolerant. We have been using oral zinc as another approach to the therapy for Wilson's disease, with copper balan