Department of Internal Medicine III, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Department of Internal Medicine IV, Medical University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Hepatology. 2019 Apr;69(4):1464-1476. doi: 10.1002/hep.30280. Epub 2019 Mar 1.
Wilson disease (WD) is an inherited disorder of hepatic copper metabolism with considerable variation in clinical presentations, the most common ones being liver disease and neuropsychiatric disturbances. This study investigated the clinical presentation in relation to mutations in a large cohort of patients with WD. A total of 1,357 patients (702 children, 655 adults; 1,172 index patients, 185 siblings, all with a Leipzig score ≥4, male/female: 679/678) were studied. The age and the symptoms at presentation were used as key phenotypic markers. Index patients were clinically classified as having either hepatic (n = 711) or neurologic disease (n = 461). Seven hundred fifteen (52.7%) patients had a liver biopsy at diagnosis. DNA was sequenced by the Genetic Analyzers ABI Prism 310 (Perkin Elmer) or 3500 (Applied Biosystems). Three hundred ninety-four different mutation combinations were detected. The most frequent mutation was H1069Q (c.3207C>A; allele frequency: 46.9%), followed by P767P-fs (c.2304dupC; 2.85%), P1134P-fs (c.3402delC; 2.8%), and R969Q (c.2755C>T; 2.18%). There was no correlation between mutations and individual clinical manifestation. There was a gender effect in index patients: Hepatic presentation was more common in females (male/female: 328/383) and neurologic presentation in males (259/202; P < 0.001). At diagnosis, 39.5% of children/adolescents (≤18 years) and 58% of adults already had cirrhosis. The presence of cirrhosis did not correlate with the genotype. Conclusion: These findings refine and extend our understanding of the natural history and individual spectrum/manifestations of WD. Initially, there is asymptomatic hepatic involvement, which may progress and become symptomatic. Neurologic symptoms present many years later.
威尔逊病(WD)是一种遗传性肝脏铜代谢紊乱疾病,临床表现差异较大,最常见的是肝脏疾病和神经精神障碍。本研究调查了与 WD 大量患者队列中的突变相关的临床表现。共研究了 1357 名患者(702 名儿童,655 名成人;1172 名索引患者,185 名兄弟姐妹,所有莱比锡评分≥4,男性/女性:679/678)。年龄和发病时的症状被用作关键表型标志物。索引患者根据临床表现分为肝型(n=711)或神经型(n=461)疾病。诊断时,715 名(52.7%)患者进行了肝活检。通过 Genetic Analyzers ABI Prism 310(Perkin Elmer)或 3500(Applied Biosystems)进行 DNA 测序。共检测到 394 种不同的突变组合。最常见的突变是 H1069Q(c.3207C>A;等位基因频率:46.9%),其次是 P767P-fs(c.2304dupC;2.85%)、P1134P-fs(c.3402delC;2.8%)和 R969Q(c.2755C>T;2.18%)。突变与个体临床表现之间没有相关性。在索引患者中存在性别效应:肝表现更常见于女性(男性/女性:328/383),神经表现更常见于男性(259/202;P<0.001)。诊断时,39.5%的儿童/青少年(≤18 岁)和 58%的成年人已经患有肝硬化。肝硬化的存在与基因型无关。结论:这些发现细化和扩展了我们对 WD 的自然史和个体谱/表现的理解。最初,肝脏无症状受累,可能会进展并出现症状。神经症状多年后才出现。
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