What is Wilson disease
Wilson disease is a rare, genetic, metabolic disease in which toxic free copper builds up in the body, primarily affecting the brain and liver and leading to potentially life-threatening hepatic, neurologic, and psychiatric manifestations.1-3
It is caused by inherited autosomal recessive genetic variants in the ATP7B gene, which encodes a copper transporter responsible for removing excess copper from the liver into the bile duct.2,4
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REFERENCES
- 1. Gow PJ, Smallwood RA, Angus PW et al. Diagnosis of Wilson's disease: an experience over three decades. Gut 2000; 46: 415-419.
- 2. Patil M, Sheth KA, Krishnamurthy AC et al. A review and current perspective on Wilson disease. J Clin Exp Hepatol 2013; 3: 321-336.
- 3. Gao J, Brackley S, Mann JP. The global prevalence of Wilson disease from next-generation sequencing data. Genet Med 2019; 21: 1155-1163.
- 4. Forbes JR, Cox DW. Copper-dependent trafficking of Wilson disease mutant ATP7B proteins. Hum Mol Genet 2000; 9: 1927-1935.