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• Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency– What If You Couldn’t Eat Steaks? (As Seen on House MD)

  Liver, Nervous System 23.07.2010 View Comments

  

  This is part of our House MD Project series.

  Click here to read the connection to the episode (spoiler alert!)

  
  On…[More]

  Tags: Adults, Children, Danger-High, House, Metabolic Diseases

• Wilson Disease – The Return (As Seen on House MD)

  Liver 01.05.2010 View Comments

  

  Yes, it’s that time of the week – time for another article in the House, M.D. Project. This time it’s episode 6 of season 1, named “The Socratic Method”.

  The story…[More]

  Tags: Adults, House, Internal-Medicine

• In The News – What’s Hepatitis A and How to Avoid It

  Liver 22.07.2009 View Comments

  

  As reported by The Huffington Post this week, a McDonald’s food handler at a Milan, Illinois, restaurant was carrying the hepatitis A virus, and allegedly exposed up to 10,000…[More]

  Tags: Adults, Danger-Low, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Internal-Medicine, News

• Wilson Disease – The Copper Disease That Could Wreck Your Liver and Brain

  Liver 25.10.2008 View Comments

  

  Danger Level: Medium 

  What is it?

  Wilson disease is a genetic disorder that causes copper to accumulate in the liver.

  Who gets it?

  One person out of 40,00 will have…[More]

  Tags: Adults, Danger-Medium, Internal-Medicine