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ArticleMetabolic brain disease2021

Cognitive impairment in stable Wilson disease across phenotype.

Frederik Teicher Kirk, Ditte Emilie Munk, Tea Lund Laursen, Hendrik Vilstrup, Peter Ott, Henning Grønbæk, Mette Munk Lauridsen, Thomas Damgaard Sandahl

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Article in Metabolic brain disease, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Frederik Teicher KirkDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark. frkirk@rm.dk.ORCID 0000-0002-3058-9042
Ditte Emilie MunkDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark.
Tea Lund LaursenDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark.
Hendrik VilstrupDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark.
Peter OttDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark.
Henning GrønbækDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark.
Mette Munk LauridsenDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, University Hospital of South Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark.
Thomas Damgaard SandahlDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark.
Aarhus University Hospital · DKHospital South West Jutland · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Wilson disease (WD), mutations in the gene encoding the ATP7B copper transport protein causes accumulation of copper especially in liver and brain. WD typically presents with hepatic and/or neuropsychiatric symptoms. Impaired cognition is a well-described feature in patients with neurological WD, while the reports on cognition in hepatic WD patients are fewer and less conclusive. We examined cognition in a cohort of WD patients with both phenotypes. In this cross-sectional pilot study, we investigated cognition in 28 stable Danish WD patients by the PortoSystemic Encephalopathy (PSE) and the Continuous Reaction Time (CRT) tests. Half of the patients were female, and their median age was 35.5 years (IQR 24.5). Their phenotype was hepatic in 14 (50%), neurologic in 10 (36%) and mixed in 4 (14%). The duration of treatment was > 2 year in all patients, and their condition was stable as judged by urinary copper excretion, liver enzymes, and clinical assessment. The hepatic patients did not show signs of liver failure. In total, 16 (57%) patients performed worse than normal in the PSE and/or the CRT tests. The two tests were correlated (rho = 0.60, p = 0.0007), but neither correlated with phenotype, MELD-, Child-Pugh score, 24 h-U-Cu, or treatment type. Measurable cognitive impairment was present in more than half of the stable WD patients independent of phenotype. Thus, our data questions the existence of a purely hepatic phenotype.

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Cognitive DysfunctionHepatolenticular DegenerationCopperCopper-Transporting ATPasesCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansPhenotypePilot ProjectsCopperCopper-Transporting ATPasesCognitive functionContinuous reaction testHepatic phenotypeNeurological phenotypePortosystemic encephalopathy testWilson disease

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PMID34342812
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