title: Wilson's disease: how it changed a young woman's life.
abstract: Wilson's disease is an inherited disorder which affects the body's ability to metabolize copper. The resulting copper toxicosis can involve all body organs but especially the liver, brain, cornea and kidneys. This article presents a review of the disease and a case study demonstrating how the disease changed a young woman's life, presenting many challenges to her, her family, her nurses and other care providers.
authors.affiliation: Saint Marys Hospital, Rochester, MN 55902.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stiever
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berg
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006527:Hepatolenticular Degeneration / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D012803:Sick Role