The bane of a silent illness: When Wilson's disease takes its course

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-338

  Chahine, Lama M ^a   Chemali, Zeina N ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance with therapy; Hepatolenticular degeneration; Levels of care; Patient education; Wilson's disease

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; FLUOXETINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TRIENTINE; ZINC OXIDE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ZIPRASIDONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MORBIDITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; ULTRASOUND; WILSON DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION;

ADULT; CHELATING AGENTS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PIPERAZINES; QUALITY OF LIFE; THIAZOLES; TRIETHYLENETETRAMINE; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 33947534554     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/1A0B-2M98-0VVE-485R     Document Type: Article

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