Whom and how to screen for Wilson disease.

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Wilson disease is a genetic disorder of hepatic copper excretion leading to copper accumulation in various tissues. The disease expression is highly variable, ranging from totally asymptomatic subjects to patients with severe liver disease or movement disorders. Thus, it is difficult to define in which patient Wilson disease has to be considered as diagnosis. The suspicion should be high in patients presenting...

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