WD
Wilson's disease (WD) is characterized by impaired hepatic copper secretion and subsequent copper accumulation in many organs predominantly liver and brain, secondary to loss of function mutations in the copper transport protein ATP7B.
<span class="disease" id="16607473-1-0-16">Wilson's disease</span> (<span class="disease" id="16607473-1-18-20">WD</span>) is characterized by impaired hepatic copper secretion and subsequent copper accumulation in many organs predominantly liver and brain, secondary to loss of function mutations in the copper transport protein <span class="gene" id="16607473-1-229-234">ATP7B</span>.