Hepatolenticular Degeneration

Abstract

IN A previous publication,¹ the clinical features and laboratory findings in 4 cases of hepatolenticular degeneration were described. It was pointed out that the patients seemed to benefit from diets intended to protect the liver and that the cephalin-flocculation test was the most sensitive liver-function test available for this disease. The present paper reports the course of 2 of these patients treated by dietary means during periods of observation of fourteen and seventeen months, respectively. There appear to be nutritional factors that alter the course of this disease.Method of StudyThe following factors were investigated: the effects of high-calorie, . . .