Hepatic copper & copper associated protein in early Indian childhood cirrhosis.
1984
R Mehrotra, and
R K Pandey, and
I Wakhlu, and
V K Pandey, and
P Nath
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D007223
Infant
A child between 1 and 23 months of age.
Infants
D008103
Liver Cirrhosis
Liver disease in which the normal microcirculation, the gross vascular anatomy, and the hepatic architecture have been variably destroyed and altered with fibrous septa surrounding regenerated or regenerating parenchymal nodules.
A low-molecular-weight (approx. 10 kD) protein occurring in the cytoplasm of kidney cortex and liver. It is rich in cysteinyl residues and contains no aromatic amino acids. Metallothionein shows high affinity for bivalent heavy metals.