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SUBMITTER: Choe EJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7441316 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Choe Eun Ju EJ Choi Jong Won JW Kang Minjin M Lee Yong Kang YK Jeon Han Ho HH Park Byung Kyu BK Won Sun Young SY Cho Yong Suk YS Seo Jeong Hun JH Lee Chun Kyon CK Chung Jae Bock JB
Scientific reports 20200820 1
Very few population-based studies have examined the epidemiology of Wilson's disease (WD). We investigated the epidemiology of WD using the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) database in South Korea. We analyzed not only the statistical variables of WD, but also those of WD-related diseases. WD patients were identified with the relevant International Classification of Diseases-10 code out of 50.5 million people. We used the NHIS database from 2009 to 2016 and analyzed the incidence rate, p ...[more]