CNS demyelination associated with copper deficiency and hyperzincemia

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1453-1456

  Prodan, C I ^a,b   Holland, N R ^a   Wisdom, P J ^a   Burstein, S A ^a   Bottomley, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERZINCEMIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0037069275     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000032497.30439.F6     Document Type: Article

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