Adapted from Schilsky ML, Tavil AS. Wilson disease. In: Schiff's Diseases of the Liver. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2006:1023–1040. Most practitioners prefer start with trientine.

Osteoporosis is a common complication of chronic liver disease. Although bone demineralization has been noted in Wilson's disease—which involves pathologic copper accumulation—the exact ...