Liver Flashcards
1
Q
Wilson’s disease
A
symptoms: Kayser-Fleischer rings are visible around the iris
cause: defect in a copper-transporting ATPase -> Copper accumulates and deposits in the liver, cornea, CNS, kidney, heart, blood cells and bones.
2
Q
Criggler-Najjar syndrome
A
deficiency of the enzyme uridine diphosphate glucuronosyl transferase
type-1, UGT is absent
type-2- UGT is deficient