Hypersomnia in Wilson's disease: An unusual symptom in an unusual case

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 286-287

  Firneisz, G ^a,d   Szalay, F ^a   Halasz, P ^b   Komoly, S ^c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

^c John F City Hospital   (Hungary)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Copper metabolism; Hypersomnia; Polisomnography; Wilson's disease

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; PENICILLAMINE; ZINC SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COPPER METABOLISM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 0034014533     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2000.101004286.x     Document Type: Article

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