Nadia Abbassi, Aicha Bourrahouat, Eduardo Couchonnal Bedoya, Cécile Pagan, Meriem El Qabli, Sana Maidoumi, Abdelouahed Belmalih, Olivier Guillaud, Najib Kissani, Abdelhak Abkari, Imane Chahid, Mohammed Abdoh Rafai, Nezha Mouane, Yamna Kriouile, Saadia Aidi, Moustpha Hida, Mounia Lakhdar Idrissi, Mohammed Faouzi Belahsen, Mohammed El Abkari, Maria Rkain, Zahi Ismaili, Azeddine Sedki, Muriel Bost, Nisrine Aboussair, Alain Lachaux
BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: In Morocco the prevalence of Wilson disease (WD) and the spectrum of mutations are not known. The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of WD in Morocco, to evaluate the phenotype among a large cohort of WD patients, and to characterize ATP7B variants in a subgroup of WD patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We collected data from 226 patients admitted to five university hospital centers in Morocco between 2008 and 2020. The diagnosis was based on clinical manifestations, function tests and biochemical parameters...
April 6, 2024: Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology