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Urinary Copper Outputs of 2 Patients with Wilson's Disease Compared with Those of Patients with Cirrhosis and Normal Subjects. During the patient's 6 months in the hospital on the psychiatric ...

and can occur early or late in the disease course. Rarely, patients exhibit chorea of generalized or localized distribution over one half of the body. [31] Myoclonic or tonic-clonic seizure ...

Children born with Wilson disease cannot get rid of extra copper from their bodies. The copper buildup can hurt their liver, brain, eyes and other organs. Taking medicine and eating foods low in ...

cSection on Translational Neuroscience, Molecular Medicine Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA ...

Wilson’s disease (WD) is a rare inherited disorder of copper metabolism with broad clinical spectrum and often requires a high index of suspicion for correct diagnosis. Studies in Europe have ...

Osteoporosis is a common complication of chronic liver disease. Although bone demineralization has been noted in Wilson's disease—which involves pathologic copper accumulation—the exact ...

Laboratory findings confirmed a diagnosis of Wilson’s disease. Penicillamine and subsequent zinc therapy were initiated. Patient was eventually discharged home with plans for outpatient physical ...