See Also: Wilson disease(encyclopedia)
Disease, Wilson(health)
Wilson disease(medicine)
Wilson's disease(medicine)
Wilson's Disease(health)
Disease, Kimmelstiel-Wilson(health)
Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease(medicine)
Wilson, (James) Harold, Baron Wilson (of Rievaulx)(encyclopedia)
Wilson(1)(dictionary)
Wilson(2)(dictionary)

reg(2) (iou) and Disease, Wilson (health)


reg(2) (iou)



reg noun2. colloq. M20.
[Abbreviation of REGULATION.]
A regulation, a rule.

Disease, Wilson (health)


An inherited disorder in which too much copper accumulates in the body. Although the accumulation of copper begins at birth, symptoms of the disorder appear later in life, between the ages of 6 and 40. A diagnostic feature of Wilson disease is what is called a Kayser-Fleischer ring, a deep copper-colored ring around the edge of the cornea. It represents copper deposits in the eye.The main clinical consequence for about 40 percent of patients with Wilson disease is liver disease. In Other patients the first symptoms are neurological or psychiatric or both, and include tremor, rigidity, drooling, difficulty with speech, abrupt personality change, grossly inappropriate behavior and inexplicable deterioration of school work, neurosis or psychosis.