Copper Deficiency Myelopathy

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 762-766

  Kumar, Neeraj ^a   Crum, Brian ^a   Petersen, Ronald C ^a   Vernino, Steven A ^a   Ahlskog, J Eric ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 2442610938     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.61.5.762     Document Type: Article

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