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Wilson's Disease Learning Center
Causes could include:
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Gene Abnormality
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Wilson's disease is a rare inherited disorder. If both parents carry an abnormal gene for Wilson's disease, there is a 25% chance in each pregnancy that the child will have the disorder.
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Wilson disease is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. Autosomal recessive refers to the pattern of inheritance in which each parent carries a gene for the disease on one of his or her chromosome pairs. When each parent passes on the chromo...
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WD is caused by errors in a gene located on chromosome 13, which produces a protein named ATP7B. Errors in the ATP7B gene produce a protein with decreased ability to bind copper. Unused copper is then absorbed back into the bloodstream where it is...
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Wilson disease is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. Autosomal recessive refers to the pattern of inheritance where each parent carries a gene for the disease on one of his or her chromosome pairs. When each parent passes on the chromosom...
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Wilson disease is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. Autosomal recessive refers to the pattern of inheritance in which each parent carries a gene for the disease on one of his or her chromosome pairs. When each parent passes on the chromo...
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