Medical Articles
All articles are available to download further down this page
APRIL 2022
Definitive works on the management and treatment of Wilson’s disease in the UK, but for access across the world.
- Wilson’s Disease Guidance Document: The Management and Treatment of Wilson’s Disease by the BASL RDSIG (the British Association for the Study of the Liver, Rare Diseases Special Interest Group)
All you need to know about the recognised management and treatment of Wilson’s disease in the UK.
Full document published April 2022
- Investigation and Management of Wilson’s Disease: A practical guide from BASL RDSIG (the British Association for the Study of the Liver Rare Diseases Special Interest Group):
An abridged article published in The Lancet – Gastrology and Hepatology: April 2022
Educational Resources
The late Dr Alan Stevens, retired consultant pathologist and medical author, very kindly wrote a series of medical articles for our newsletters explaining to patients in simple terms the possible effects of Wilson’s disease on the body.
These articles are a good introductory educational resource and are divided as follows:
- The liver
- What are LFTs? (Liver Function Tests)
- The Normal Liver
- Cirrhosis of the Liver
- Oesophageal Varices
- The Brain in Wilson’s disease
- Complications in the treatment of Wilson’s disease
- Elastosis Perforans Serpiginosa (EPS)
Articles by other Authors
- Gene Therapy for Wilson’s Disease – 2021 – Dr Mary Fortune and Professor Graeme Alexander
- Animal Models of Wilson’s disease – 2017 – Dr Emily Reed and Professor Oliver Bandmann
- The Eyes in Wilson’s disease – 2015 – Dr Susan Mollan
The Genetics of Wilson’s disease
- Genetic Mutations in Wilson’s Disease – 2015 – Dr Mary Fortune
- Genetics of Wilson’s Disease – 2013 – Professor Oliver Bandmann
- Wilson’s disease is a genetic condition – 2013 – Dr Richard Sandford
How is WD diagnosed in the laboratory?
- Laboratory Tests in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Wilson’s disease – 2019 – Dr Chris Harrington
01. Cognition, MRI and Wilson’s Disease – CROWD Study Update (2023)
Dr Samuel Shribman and Miss Maggie Burrows (March 2023)
02. Investigation and Management of Wilson’s Disease: A Practical Guidance From BASL RDSIG (April 2022)
An abridged article published in The Lancet – Gastrology and Hepatology: April 2022
03. Wilson’s Disease Guidance Document: The Management and Treatment of Wilson’s Disease by the BASL RDSIG (2022)
All you need to know about the recognised management and treatment of Wilson’s disease in the UK. Published April 2022
04. Gene Therapy for Wilson’s Disease (2021)
Dr Mary Fortune and Professor Graeme Alexander
05. The Brain in Wilson’s Disease – A Basic Account (2018)
Dr A Stevens
06. Animal Models of Wilson’s Disease (2017)
Dr Emily Reed and Professor Oliver Bandmann
07. Elastosis Perforans Serpiginosa (2017)
Dr A. Stevens
08. What are “LFTs?” (2016)
Dr A. Stevens
09. Wilson’s Disease Seen in the Eyes (2015)
Dr Susan Mollan
10. Cirrhosis – A Simplified Outline (2015)
Dr A Stevens
11. Genetic Mutations in Wilson’s Disease (2015)
Dr Mary Fortune
12. The Normal Liver – What does it do? – A Simplified Guide (2014)
A.Stevens
13. Oesophageal Varices – A Simplified Guide (2013)
Dr A.Stevens
14. Genetics of Wilson’s Disease (2013)
Professor Oliver Bandmann
15. Wilson’s Disease is a Genetic Condition (2013)
Dr Richard Sandford
16. Laboratory Tests in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Wilson’s disease (2019)
Dr Chris Harrington
