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Wilson's disease
–noun Pathology.
| a rare hereditary disease in which copper accumulates in the brain and liver, gradually leading to tremors, muscular rigidity, kidney malfunction, and cognitive disturbances: marked by Kayser-Fleischer rings. |
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named after Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878–1936), British neurologist, who described it in 1912
named after Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878–1936), British neurologist, who described it in 1912
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Wil·son's disease
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n. A rare hereditary disease caused by a defect in the body's ability to metabolize copper that results in an accumulation of copper deposits in organs such as the brain, liver, and kidneys. [After Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1877-1937), British neurologist.] |
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| wilson's disease | |
noun | |
| a rare inherited disorder of copper metabolism; copper accumulates in the liver and then in the red blood cells and brain [syn: hepatolenticular degeneration] |
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Wilson's disease Wil·son's disease (wĭl'sənz)
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Main Entry: Wil·son's disease
Pronunciation: 'wil-s&nz-
Function: noun
: a hereditary disease that is characterized by the accumulation of copperin the body (as in the liver, brain, or cornea) due to abnormal copper metabolism associated with ceruloplasmin deficiency, that is determined by an autosomal recessive gene, and that is markedespecially by liver dysfunction and disease and neurologic or psychiatric symptoms (as tremors, slowness of speech, inappropriate behaviors, or personality changes) called also hepatolenticulardegeneration; —see KAYSER-FLEISCHER RING
Wilson, Samuel Alexander Kinnier(1877–1937), British neurologist. Wilson enjoyed long-term associations with King's College Hospital and the National Hospital for the Paralyzed and Epileptic, both in London. Hisneurological studies covered such diverse topics as epilepsy, narcolepsy, speech disorders, apraxia, and pathological laughing and crying. In 1912 he published a monograph on progressive lenticulardegeneration, which is now known as Wilson's disease. He was the first to detect the relationship between liver disease and putaminous destruction.
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