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Systems biology approach to Wilson's disease.
Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine - 1 Jun 2011
Burkhead Jason L, Gray Lawrence W, Lutsenko Svetlana
Abstract excerpt
Wilson's disease (WD) is a severe disorder of copper misbalance, which manifests with a wide spectrum of liver pathology and/or neurologic and psychiatric symptoms. WD is caused by mutations in a gene encoding a copper-transporting ATPase ATP7B and is accompanied by accumulation of copper in tissues, especially in the liver. Copper-chelation therapy is available for treatment of WD symptoms and is often...
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