Identification of novel mutations and the three most common mutations in the human ATP7B gene of Korean patients with Wilson disease.

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PURPOSE: Wilson disease, an autosomal recessive disorder of copper transport, is probably the most common inherited metabolic disorder in Korea. In Wilson disease, synthesis of a defective copper transporting enzyme leads to the accumulation of copper in the liver, brain, and kidney. The product of the Wilson disease gene is a copper transporting P-type ATPase (ATP7B). In this study, efforts were made to identify...

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