Wilson’s Disease Scoring System
The Wilson’s Disease Scoring System predicts the likelihood of having Wilson’s disease based on clinical and chemical analysis.
Formula :
Points are given for each variable.
Explanation of Result :
4 or more: Diagnosis established
3: Diagnosis possible, more tests needed
2 or less: Diagnosis very unlikely
* Please verify all calculations prior to clinical use.
References
- European Association for Study of Liver. EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: Wilson’s disease. J Hepatol. 2012 Mar;56(3):671-85. PMID: 22340672.
This Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) has been developed to assist physicians and other healthcare providers in the diagnosis and management of patients with Wilson’s disease. The goal is to describe a number of generally accepted approaches for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of Wilson’s disease. Recommendations are based on a systematic literature review in the Medline (PubMed version), Embase (Dialog version), and the Cochrane Library databases using entries from 1966 to 2011. The Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system used in other EASL CPGs was used and set against the somewhat different grading system used in the AASLD guidelines (Table 1A and B). Unfortunately, there is not a single ran […]