Wilson's disease in an Australian aborigine

D H Crawford; R Shepherd; W G Cooksley; M Patrick; L W Powell

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1746.1990.tb01130.x

Wilson's disease in an Australian aborigine

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1990 Nov-Dec;5(6):705-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1990.tb01130.x.

Authors

D H Crawford¹, R Shepherd, W G Cooksley, M Patrick, L W Powell

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

PMID: 2129845
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1990.tb01130.x

Abstract

Wilson's disease is due to a genetically determined defect inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Most reported cases have been caucasoid. This report describes a case of Wilson's disease in an Australian Aboriginal girl, only the second such case reported.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Copper / metabolism
Female
Genes, Recessive*
Hepatolenticular Degeneration / ethnology*
Hepatolenticular Degeneration / genetics
Humans
Incidence
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander*
Queensland / epidemiology

Substances

Copper