Wilson's disease classification
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]
Overview
Overview
Wilson’s disease is classified based on the symptomatic presentation into hepatic and neurologic Wilson’s disease.
Classification
Classification
Wilson’s disease is classified based on the symptomatic presentation as the following:[1]
- Hepatic Wilson’s disease (H):
- H1: Acute hepatic Wilson’s disease
- H2: Chronic hepatic Wilson’s disease
- Neurologic Wilson’s disease (N):
- N1: Neurologic manifestations associated with hepatic involvement
- N2: Neurologic manifestations only
- NX: Unknown liver involvement
References
References
- ↑ Ferenci P, Caca K, Loudianos G, Mieli-Vergani G, Tanner S, Sternlieb I; et al. (2003). “Diagnosis and phenotypic classification of Wilson disease”. Liver Int. 23 (3): 139–42. PMID 12955875.
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