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Wilson's disease
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Genetic multisystem copper-transport disease
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Wilson's disease (also called Hepatolenticular degeneration) is a genetic disorder characterized by the excess build-up of copper in the body. Symptoms are typically related to the brain and liver. Liver-related symptoms include vomiting, weakness, fluid build-up in the abdomen, swelling of the legs, yellowish skin, and itchiness. Brain-related...

Instance of
designated intractable/rare disease
Rare disease
class of disease
Signs and symptoms
Subclass of
Liver disease
Inborn errors of metal metabolism
copper metabolism disease
Organic brain syndrome
rare hereditary metabolic disease with peripheral neuropathy
metabolic disease with cataract
metabolic disease with corneal opacity
supranuclear oculomotor palsy
Tremor
rare genetic tremor disorder
rare metabolic liver disease
metal transport or utilization disorder with epilepsy
rare genetic epilepsy
neurometabolic disease
rare disorder with dystonia and other neurologic or systemic manifestation
nephropathy secondary to a storage or other metabolic disease
Disease
Different from
Wilson's temperature syndrome
Discoverer / Inventor
Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson
References
Wikidata