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Sequence variation database for the Wilson disease copper transporter, ATP7B.
Human mutation - 1 Dec 2007
Kenney Susan M, Cox Diane W
Abstract excerpt
Wilson disease (WND) is a disorder of copper transport resulting in copper accumulation in liver, kidney, and brain. This recessive disorder expresses variable clinical symptoms affecting liver, brain, and/or kidney. The age of onset of symptoms varies from 3 to almost 70 years, so the diagnosis for this treatable disorder is easily missed. The defective gene is a membrane P-type ATPase, with similar structure to...
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