NDLI: The effect of gender on brain MRI pathology in Wilson’s disease

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Author	Litwin, T. Gromadzka, G. Członkowska, A. Gołębiowski, M. Poniatowska, R.
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Gender influence on the clinical manifestations of Wilson’s Disease (WD) has been suggested; however, brain MRI pathology based on sexual dimorphism in WD has not yet been examined. The aim of this study was to analyse the effect of gender on brain MRI pathology according to the predominant form of WD. We retrospectively analysed the brain MR images of 204 newly diagnosed and untreated WD patients. The predominant form of the disease was neuropsychiatric (n = 105), hepatic (n = 67) or presymptomatic (n = 32). Overall, neuroimaging pathologies were found in 64.2 % WD patients. The clinical form analysis revealed significant gender-related differences. In the neuropsychiatric form, men presented with cerebellar atrophy and cortical brain atrophy more often than women (25/58 vs. 11/47; p < 0.05) and (23/58 vs. 12/47; p = 0.09), respectively. In contrast, women tended to present with globus pallidus lesions more often than men (25/47 vs. 20/58; p = 0.054). There were no gender differences observed in the hepatic form, but cortical brain atrophy presented more often in men than women (3/12 vs. 0/20; p < 0.05) in the presymptomatic form. According to our findings, there is a gender-dependent brain vulnerability to copper toxicity. We speculate that these differences are potentially related to an oestrogen protective effect and are due to differences in gender-related clinical forms.
Starting Page	69
Ending Page	75
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISSN	08857490
Journal	Metabolic Brain Disease
Volume Number	28
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15737365
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2013-01-15
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Wilson’s disease Magnetic resonance imaging Neuroimaging Gender differences Neurosciences Neurology Metabolic Diseases Biochemistry Oncology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Biochemistry Neurology (clinical) Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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