Q J Med 2003; 96: 541-542
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Apolipoprotein E genotypes in Chinese patients with Wilsons disease
1Department of Neurobiology
School of Life Science
University of Science & Technology of China
Hefei
Peoples Republic of China
2University Hospital
Anhui College of TCM
Hefei
Peoples Republic of China
e-mail (Dr Zhou): xpw@mail.ustc.edu.cn
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Sir,
The name Wilsons disease (WD) derives from great work of the English specialist Wilson (1912).1 On the Chinese mainland, approximately 3000 WD in-patients have been institutionalized at the Anhui College of TCM.2 WD is due to mutations in the ATP7B gene, whose various defects cause accumulation of copper in the liver, brain, kidney, etc.3 ApoE genotypes