Quick Orientation
Section
Definition
- Objective
- Understand the core idea
- Keywords
- Copper, 100 mg
Dietary Requirements
- Objective
- Learn the main facts and relationships
- Keywords
- adults 2 to 3 mg/day, infants and children 0.5 to 2 mg/day
Sources
- Objective
- Learn the main facts and relationships
- Keywords
- Sources
Absorption
- Objective
- Learn the main facts and relationships
- Keywords
- 10%, duodenum, Metallothionein
Plasma Copper
- Objective
- Learn the main facts and relationships
- Keywords
- 100 to 200 µg/dL, 95%, ceruloplasmin
Clinical Correlation
- Objective
- Connect the mechanism to clinical findings
- Keywords
- Wilson's disease, penicillamine