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Wilson's Disease : Symptoms

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Symptoms could include:
  • Kayser-Fleischer ring

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Wilson Disease
These symptoms include tremors of the hands, uncontrollable movements of the limbs, stiffness, drooling, difficulty swallowing, difficulty talking, and headache. There is no change in a patient's intelligence.About one third of all patients with W...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
Wilson Disease
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Wilson Disease
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Wilson disease
Symptoms typically present between the ages of three and 60, with age 17 considered to be the average age a diagnosis is made. About half of all patients.Copper deposits are visible as a ring around the iris in patients with Wilson disease.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
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