Wilson's disease is caused by excessive copper deposition in the body. If not diagnosed and treated early, it will be very dangerous for the patient. However, when diagnosing, it is necessary to exclude genetic brain diseases with extrapyramidal symptoms, sequelae of encephalitis, mental illness...

Copper is an essential substance in the human body, ceruloplasmin is a protein that contains copper, participating in the body's copper metabolism. In the liver, copper binds to ceruloplasmin to form ceruloplasmin and then releases it into the blood. To diagnose Wilson's disease or evaluate copper metabolism, the doctor will order a ceruloplasmin test.