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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. History of Wilson disease: a personal account J M. Walshe 2. Epidemiology and introduction to the clinical presentation of Wilson disease Christine Lo and Oliver Bandmann 3. The Genetics of Wilson disease Sihoun Hahn 4. Genetic and environmental modifiers of Wilson disease Valentina Medici and Karl Heinz Weiss 5. Pathogenesis of Wilson disease Petr Dusek, Radan Bruha and Ivo Florin Scheiber 6. Animal models of Wilson disease Dominik Huster and Valentina Medici 7. Wilson disease – liver pathology Maciej Pronicki 8. Wilson disease – brain pathology France Woimant, Aurelia Poujois and Jacqueline Mikol 9. Hepatic features of Wilson disease Michael L. Schilsky, Aftab Ala and Salih Boga 10. Wilson disease: neurologic features Anna Czlonkowska, Tomasz Litwin and Grzegorz Chabik 11. Cognitive and psychiatric symptoms in Wilson disease Paula C. Zimbrean and Joanna Seniow 12. Wilson’s disease in children Eve A. Roberts and Piotr Socha 13. Other organ involvement and clinical aspects of Wilson disease Karolina Dziezyc, Tomasz Litwin and Anna Czlonkowska 14. Diagnosis of Wilson disease Peter Ferenci 15. Wilson disease - currently used anti-copper therapy Anna Czlonkowska and Tomasz Litwin 16. Liver transplantation for Wilson disease Michael L. Schilsky 17. Wilson disease - symptomatic liver therapy Wolfgang Stremmel and Karl Heinz Weiss 18. Symptomatic treatment of neurologic symptoms in Wilson disease. Tomasz Litwin, Petr Dusek and Anna Czlonkowska 19. Novel perspectives on Wilson disease treatment Christian Rupp, Wolfgang Stremmel and Karl Heinz Weiss 20. Patient support groups in the management of Wilson disease Michael L. Schilsky and Mary L. Graper
