Optical studies of transparent ferroelectric strontium-barium niobate/silica nanocomposite

Author name used in this publication: C. L. MakAuthor name used in this publication: K. H. Wong2003-2004 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalVersion of RecordPublishe

Photooxidation of wool dye and TCP in aqueous solution using an innovative TiO?mesh electrode

Author name used in this publication: X. Z. LiAuthor name used in this publication: P. T. YueAuthor name used in this publication: C. L. Mak2000-2001 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalAccepted ManuscriptPublishe

High tunability in compositionally graded epitaxial barium strontium titanate thin films by pulsed-laser deposition

2002-2003 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalVersion of RecordPublishe

Optical studies of ZnS:Mn films grown by pulsed laser deposition

Author name used in this publication: C. L. MakAuthor name used in this publication: K. H. Wong2002-2003 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalVersion of RecordPublishe

Effects of site substitutions and concentration on upconversion luminescence of Er³⁺-doped perovskite titanate

Author name used in this publication: Jianhua Hao2010-2011 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalVersion of RecordPublishe

Photoluminescence of transparent strontium–barium–niobate-doped silica nanocomposites

Author name used in this publication: C. L. MakAuthor name used in this publication: K. H. Wong2001-2002 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalVersion of RecordPublishe

Photoelectrocatalytic oxidation of rhodamine B in aqueous solution using Ti/TiO?mesh photoelectrodes

Author name used in this publication: X. Z. LiAuthor name used in this publication: F. B. LiAuthor name used in this publication: C. L. Mak2001-2002 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalAccepted ManuscriptPublishe

Wilson's disease: A patient undiagnosed for 18 years

Wilson's disease, an autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism, is the most common inherited hepatic disease in Hong Kong. Diagnosis is based on the presence of Kayser-Fleischer rings, typical neurological symptoms, and/or a low serum ceruloplasmin concentration (<0.20 g/L). Early detection and treatment protect patients and their presymptomatic siblings from devastating organ damage. The diagnosis of Wilson's disease may nonetheless be overlooked if only established clinical and laboratory tests are used as diagnostic criteria. We report diagnosis of the disorder using genetic analysis of ATP7B in a presymptomatic sibling who escaped diagnosis during family screening 18 years previously. The patient was 11 months old when family screening was performed following diagnosis of Wilson's disease in an elder sister. The boy was considered to be unaffected on the basis of laboratory results in the expected range: serum copper level, 4.6 μmol/L; serum ceruloplasmin level, 0.16 g/L; and 24-hour urinary copper excretion, 0.14 μmol/day. Molecular analysis of ATP7B was performed; it revealed that the two siblings shared the same compound heterozygous mutations (G943D and 2299delC). We recommend that molecular diagnosis is the only definitive means of diagnosing Wilson's disease in children younger than 1 year.published_or_final_versio

Evidence of the influence of phonon density on Tm³⁺ upconversion luminescence in tellurite and germanate glasses

Author name used in this publication: C. L. MakAuthor name used in this publication: W. L. TsuiAuthor name used in this publication: K. H. Wong2001-2002 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalVersion of RecordPublishe