| Literature DB >> 1887758 |
R Siegemund1, J Lössner, K Günther, H J Kühn, H Bachmann.
Abstract
The drug of choice for the initial treatment of "decoppering" in Wilson's disease, an inherited disorder of copper metabolism, is the chelating agent D-penicillamine. In the case of harmful side-effects an alternative drug is triethylenetetramine dihydrocholoride (trien or trientine). Using the 24-h-urine excretion of copper and the oral copper loading test with copper-64, a double function for trien was found: trien increases the urine copper excretion and decreases the intestinal copper absorption respectively.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1887758 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1991.tb03964.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Neurol Scand ISSN: 0001-6314 Impact factor: 3.209