DIMERCAPROL IN THE PRE-NEUROLOGICAL STAGE OF WILSON'S DISEASE (HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION)

Dimercaprol in the pre-neurological stage of Wilson's disease (hepatolenticular degeneration).

Hepatolenticular Degeneration (Wilson's Disease)

A R?eport of five cases, with Commentary WILSON'S disease is a heredo-familial disorder, the essential pathological elements of which consist in a cirrhotic state of the liver comb;ned with degenerative changes in the lenticular nuclei of the brain. The term "hepatolenticular degenera-tion" is therefore aptly precise, but affords little clue to the diversity of the clinical manifestations. A lo...

Wilson's disease; hepatolenticular degeneration.

The inclusion of a rare neurological disease in an issue of this journal devoted to disorders of the liver would seem to warrant some explanation for although cirrhosis of the liver is an integral part of the syndrome of Wilson's disease, it accounts for an insignificant proportion of all patients suffering from hepatic cirrhosis. However, although quantitatively unimportant, its significance r...

The role of glia in neurological disease

Glial cells form a network in the central nervous system to support neurons and interact with them. The glia consist essentially of astrocytes that help with the nutrition of neurons and react in some cases of injury, oligodendrocytes that produce myelin, and microglia that are derived from the haemopoietic system and are concerned with the immunological defense of the nervous system. Experimen...

The role of glia in neurological disease

Glial cells form a network in the central nervous system to support neurons and interact with them. The glia consist essentially of astrocytes that help with the nutrition of neurons and react in some cases of injury, oligodendrocytes that produce myelin, and microglia that are derived from the haemopoietic system and are concerned with the immunological defense of the nervous system. Experimen...