Wilson's Disease Definition

Wilson's Disease Sentence Examples

• For example, a disorder known as hemochromatosis leads to iron toxicity, while Wilson's disease results in copper toxicity.

• Severe alterations in copper metabolism occur in two genetic diseases, Wilson's disease and Menkes disease.

• Children born into families with a history of Wilson's disease should have a blood test for the disease at some point in their second year of life, before symptoms of the disease develop.

• In addition to a deficiency in blood plasma of a protein known as ceruloplasmin, Wilson's disease is characterized by gold or greenish-gold discolorations of the cornea of the eye known as Kayser-Fleischer rings.

• The clinical symptoms of Wilson's disease do not appear in young children; however, measurements of serum ceruloplasmin can be taken in children over 12 months of age if a family history of Wilson's disease is a risk factor.