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Diagnosis and treatment of Wilson's disease.
Seminars in neurology - 1 Jan 1999
Brewer G J, Fink J K, Hedera P
Abstract excerpt
Wilson's disease is due to an inherited defect in copper excretion into the bile by the liver. The resulting copper accumulation and copper toxicity results in liver disease, and in some patients, brain damage. Patients present, generally between the ages of 10 and 40 years, with liver disease, neurological disease of a movement disorder type, or behavioral abnormalities, and often with a combination of these....
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