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==Additional testing== | ==Additional testing== | ||
*Mass spectrometry - | Copper quantification: | ||
*Mass spectrometry.<ref name=pmid24731025>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hahn | first1 = SH. | title = Population screening for Wilson's disease. | journal = Ann N Y Acad Sci | volume = 1315 | issue = | pages = 64-9 | month = May | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1111/nyas.12423 | PMID = 24731025 }}</ref> | |||
*Atomic absorption spectroscopy. | |||
**>250 microg of copper/g of liver suggest Wilson's disease; below does not exclude it.<ref name=pmid16234011>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ferenci | first1 = P. | last2 = Steindl-Munda | first2 = P. | last3 = Vogel | first3 = W. | last4 = Jessner | first4 = W. | last5 = Gschwantler | first5 = M. | last6 = Stauber | first6 = R. | last7 = Datz | first7 = C. | last8 = Hackl | first8 = F. | last9 = Wrba | first9 = F. | title = Diagnostic value of quantitative hepatic copper determination in patients with Wilson's Disease. | journal = Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol | volume = 3 | issue = 8 | pages = 811-8 | month = Aug | year = 2005 | doi = | PMID = 16234011 }}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||