Copper deficiency myelopathy produces a clinical picture like subacute combined degeneration

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-39

  Kumar, Neeraj ^a,b   Gross Jr , John B ^a   Ahlskog, J Eric ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COPPER DEFICIENCY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; WILSON DISEASE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 3242718536     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000132644.52613.FA     Document Type: Article

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