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Neurologically Presenting Wilson’s DiseaseEpidemiology, Pathophysiology and Treatment

 

作者: George J Brewer,  

 

期刊: CNS Drugs  (ADIS Available online 2005)
卷期: Volume 19, issue 3  

页码: 185-192

 

ISSN:1172-7047

 

年代: 2005

 

出版商: ADIS

 

关键词: Wilson's disease, epidemiology;Wilson's disease, treatment;Penicillamine, therapeutic use;Zinc, therapeutic use;Trientine, therapeutic use;Tetrathiomolybdate, therapeutic use

 

数据来源: ADIS

 

摘要:

Wilson’s disease is a rare autosomal recessive disease of copper accumulation and copper toxicity, due to mutations in theATP7Bgene, which leads to a failure of copper excretion in the bile. It presents clinically primarily as liver disease, psychiatric disease, neurological disease, or a combination of these. The neurological disease is a movement disorder, with abnormalities of speech, tremor, incoordination and dystonia being common features. Diagnosis of neurologically presenting patients is usually straightforward, with Kayser-Fleischer rings and a urine copper over 100 μg/day almost invariably present. In the treatment of neurologically presenting patients, penicillamine should always be avoided, because of the high risk of permanent, drug-induced, additional neurological deterioration. A new drug we have developed, tetrathiomolybdate, given for 8–16 weeks, in combination with zinc, is our first choice for treating these patients. In the absence of availability of tetrathiomolybdate, zinc or trientine are the next best choices.

 

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