Wilson disease (degeneration syndrome)

Wilson disease (degeneration syndrome)
Wil·son (disease (degeneration, syndrome) (wilґsən) [Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson, English neurologist, 1877–1937] see under disease.

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