Wilson's Disease : Causes
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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 (i.e., it is an autosomal recessive disease. Wilson's disease...
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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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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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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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While the diagnosis of WD may be suspected on clinical grounds, it can only be confirmed using laboratory tests. An easily detectable physical sign is the presence of Kayser-Fleisher rings in the eye, which are bluish rings around the iris, caused...
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