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Skin Biopsy for Diagnosing Discoid Lupus Erythematosus
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Is it possible to diagnose Wilson disease with a piece of skin?
Mukaddes Eşrefoğlu1, Mehmet Gül, Muammer Seyhan
1Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.
Ultrastructural Pathology
|November 26, 2009
Abstract:
Renal, skeletal, cardiac, and ophthalmic involvement in Wilson disease (WD) is well known. In this case report, high copper content and ultrastructural findings of skin of a patient with WD accompanied by xerosis are presented.

