Some studies have reported an association between overexposure to selenium and risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a rare degenerative disease of motor...
Background/aim: The spectrum of ATP7B variants varies significantly according to geographic distribution, and there is insufficient data on the variants...
Objective(s): The causal mechanistic relationships between Essure® and adverse effects are unclear, but corrosion in the in-vivo environment with release of...
Wilson disease (WD) is an autosomal recessive disorder of copper (Cu) metabolism. The gene responsible for WD, ATP7B, is involved in the cellular transport of...
An important group of breast cancers is those associated with inherited susceptibility. In women, several predisposing mutations in genes involved in DNA repair...
Background: Cadmium exposure has been associated with increased diabetes risk in several studies, though there is still considerable debate about the magnitude...
Background: The relationship between dietary sodium intake and blood pressure (BP) has been tested in clinical trials and nonexperimental human studies...