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Families with Wilson's disease in subsequent generations: clinical and genetic analysis.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Dec 2014
Dzieżyc Karolina, Litwin Tomasz, Chabik Grzegorz, Gramza Karolina, Członkowska Anna
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INTRODUCTION: Wilson's disease is an inherited autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism. The prevalence of Wilson's disease in most populations is approximately 1 in 30,000. The risk for offspring is 0.5%. The aim of this study was to establish the frequency of disease among offspring of a cohort of Wilson's disease patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In February 2014, our registry included 760 cases of...
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