Toxic accumulation of copper and neuropsychiatric symptoms due to a familial tunisian compound heterozygous ATP7B missense mutation

Introduction Wilson disease (WD) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder caused by loss-of-function mutations in the P-type copper ATPase, ATP7B (ATPase copper-transporting beta), which transports copper out of cells. It is characterized by toxic accumulation of copper primarily in the liver an...

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Main Author: N. Abdelmoula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2021-04-01
Series:European Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933821019015/type/journal_article