Wilson’s disease: how to delivery timely diagnosis and treatment?


DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/therapy.2022.7.95-101

Eremina E.Yu., Strokova O.A., Lityushkina M.I.

N.P. Ogarev National Research Mordovia State University, Saransk
Abstract. Wilson’s disease belongs to the group of hereditary diseases for which pathogenetic therapy has been developed, which allows, with timely initiation of treatment, to avoid the severe consequences of excessive accumulation of copper in the body. However, due to the rarity of pathology, the variety of clinical manifestations and the low alertness of doctors, the diagnosis is established at the stage of irreversible changes, which significantly worsens the prognosis of patients. All this determines the relevance of summarizing and discussing current data on epidemiology, features of clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of Wilson’s disease.

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About the Autors


Elena Yu. Eremina, Dr. med. habil., professor, head of the Department of propaedeutics of internal diseases, N.P. Ogarev National Research Mordovia State University. Address: 430005, Saransk, 68 Bol`shevistskaya Str. E-mail: eeu61@mail.ru
Olga A. Strokova, PhD in Medicine, associate professor, associate professor of the Department of propaedeutics of internal diseases, N.P. Ogarev National Research Mordovia State University. Address: 430005, Saransk, 68 Bol`shevistskaya Str. E-mail: strokovaoa@rambler.ru. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2774-327X
Marina I. Lityushkina, PhD in Medicine, associate professor, associate professor of the Department of propaedeutics of internal diseases, N.P. Ogarev National Research Mordovia State University. Address: 430005, Saransk, 68 Bol`shevistskaya Str. E-mail: litjushkina@rambler.ru. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6098-4158


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