rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by the deposition of copper in the brain, liver, cornea and other organs; clinical features include liver cirrhosis, liver failure, splenomegaly, tremor, bradykinesia, dysarthria, chorea, muscle rigidity, Kayser-Fleischer rings (pigmented corneal lesions), ataxia and intellectual deterioration; hepatic dysfunction may precede neurologic dysfunction by several years.
Also applicable to/known as
Hepatolenticular degeneration
Wilson's disease
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index Entries That Refer To 275.1
2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 275.1
275.1
