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Cognitive impairment in stable Wilson disease across phenotype.
Metabolic brain disease - 1 Oct 2021
Kirk Frederik Teicher, Munk Ditte Emilie, Laursen Tea Lund, Vilstrup Hendrik, Ott Peter, Grønbæk Henning, Lauridsen Mette Munk, Sandahl Thomas Damgaard
Abstract excerpt
In Wilson disease (WD), mutations in the gene encoding the ATP7B copper transport protein causes accumulation of copper especially in liver and brain. WD typically presents with hepatic and/or neuropsychiatric symptoms. Impaired cognition is a well-described feature in patients with neurological WD, while the reports on cognition in hepatic WD patients are fewer and less conclusive. We examined cognition in a...
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