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Two families with Wilson disease in which siblings showed different phenotypes.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2002
Takeshita Yukiko, Shimizu Norikazu, Yamaguchi Yukitoshi, Nakazono Hiroki, Saitou Miyuki, Fujikawa Yoshinao, Aoki Tsugutoshi
Abstract excerpt
We investigated two families with Wilson disease in which siblings showed different clinical phenotypes and different ages at onset. In Family 1, the second and fourth male children demonstrated onset of the neurological type of Wilson disease at 16 and 28 years of age, respectively, and the first female child developed the hepatic type at 38 years of age. In Family 2, the second male child showed neurological...
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