Wilson disease

multisystem disease due to abnormal accumulation of copper
MedicalCondition designated_intractable_rare_disease Q117121
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Wilson disease

Summary

Wilson disease is a designated intractable/rare disease[1]. It draws 1,882 Wikipedia views per month (designated_intractable_rare_disease category, ranking #40 of 201).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wilson disease is credited with the discovery of Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson[3].
  • Wilson disease's instance of is recorded as designated intractable/rare disease[4].
  • Wilson disease's instance of is recorded as rare disease[5].
  • Wilson disease's instance of is recorded as class of disease[6].
  • Wilson disease's instance of is recorded as symptom or sign[7].
  • Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson is named after Wilson disease[8].
  • Wilson disease is a type of liver disease[9].
  • Wilson disease is a type of metal metabolism disorder[10].
  • Wilson disease is a type of copper metabolism disease[11].
  • Wilson disease is a type of organic brain syndrome[12].
  • Wilson disease is a type of rare hereditary metabolic disease with peripheral neuropathy[13].
  • Wilson disease is a type of metabolic disease with cataract[14].
  • Wilson disease is a type of metabolic disease with corneal opacity[15].
  • Wilson disease is a type of supranuclear oculomotor palsy[16].
  • Wilson disease is a type of tremor[17].
  • Wilson disease is a type of rare genetic tremor disorder[18].
  • Wilson disease is a type of rare metabolic liver disease[19].
  • Wilson disease is a type of metal transport or utilization disorder with epilepsy[20].
  • Wilson disease is a type of rare genetic epilepsy[21].
  • Wilson disease is a type of neurometabolic disease[22].
  • Wilson disease is a type of rare disorder with dystonia and other neurologic or systemic manifestation[23].
  • Wilson disease is a type of nephropathy secondary to a storage or other metabolic disease[24].
  • Wilson disease is a type of disease[25].
  • Wilson disease's Commons category is recorded as Wilson's disease[26].
  • Wilson disease's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as A91[27].

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Works and Contributions

Wilson disease is credited with the discovery of Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson[3].

Why It Matters

Wilson disease draws 1,882 Wikipedia views per month (designated_intractable_rare_disease category, ranking #40 of 201).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . nanbyou.or.jp. Retrieved . nanbyou.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Drug or therapy used for treatment triethylenetetramine, D-penicillamine, triethylenetetramine
    Subclass of
    Health specialty endocrinology
    Discoverer or inventor Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson
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