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Psychiatric Aspects of Wilson's disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

T. R. Dening
T. R. Dening*
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Fulbourn Hospital, Cambridge CB1 5EF
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Abstract

A variety of psychiatric symptoms have been described in relation to Wilson's disease, an inherited disorder of copper metabolism. At least four symptom clusters can be identitifed: affective, behavioural/personality, schizophrenia-like, and cognitive; the first two groups appear to be the commonest. Four cases (three newly reported) are described, and current approaches to the psychiatric management of Wilson's disease discussed.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 147 , Issue 6 , December 1985 , pp. 677 - 682
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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