Medical Articles
The late, Dr Alan Stevens, retired consultant pathologist and medical author, very kindly wrote a series of medical articles for our newsletters explaining to patients in simple terms the possible effects of Wilson's disease on the body.
These articles are a good introductory educational resource and are divided as follows:
- The liver
- What are LFTs? (Liver Function Tests)
- The Normal Liver
- Cirrhosis of the Liver
- Oesophageal Varices
- The Brain in Wilson's disease
- Complications in treatment of Wilson's disease
- Elastosis Perforans Serpiginosa (EPS)
ARTICLES BY OTHER AUTHORS
- The Eyes in Wilson's disease - 2015 - Dr Susan Mollan
The Genetics of Wilson's disease
- Genetic Mutations in Wilson's Disease - 2015 - Dr Mary Fortune
- Genetics of Wilson's Disease – 2013 - Professor Oliver Bandmann
- Wilson's disease is a genetic condition - 2013 - Dr Richard Sandford
How is WD diagnosed in the laboratory?
- Laboratory Tests in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Wilson's disease - 2019 - Dr Chris Harrington
11. Laboratory Tests in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Wilson's disease
Dr Chris Harrington (2019)
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