Developmental and genetic diseases

*Gene map locus 13q14.3-q21.1

Hepatolenticular degeneration

WD

WND

[Clinical features: accumulation of copper in the liver and subsequently in other organs, mainly the central nervous system and the kidneys; hepatitis/hepatic cirrhosis; central nervous system dysfunction; deep copper-colored ring at the periphery of the cornea (Kayser-Fleischer ring)]

[Inheritance: autosomal recessive]