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  1. University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany

    Uta Merle

  2. University Professor of Medicine University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany

    Wolfgang Stremmel

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Merle, U., Stremmel, W. (2010). Wilson's Disease. In: Clinical Hepatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04519-6_27

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