Cognitive Abilities of Children With Neurological and Liver Forms of Wilson's Disease.

Cognitive impairment in adult patients suffering from Wilson's disease is now more clearly described, even in liver forms of the disease. Although this condition can appear during childhood, the cognitive abilities of children have not yet been reported in a substantial case series. This retrospective study included 21 children with Wilson's disease who had undergone general cognitive assessment. The results argue in favour of a poor working memory capacity in the liver form of the disease, and more extensive cognitive impairments in its neurological form. Extensive neuropsychological investigations on all children suffering from Wilson's disease are thus required. (C) 2016 by European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition and North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology,

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