Copper deficiency as a treatable cause of myelopathy;Kupfermangel - Eine behandelbare ursache der myelopathie

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Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 421-425

  Jung, A ^a,b   Marziniak, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Copper deficiency; Malabsorption; Myelopathy

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MALABSORPTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

ADULT; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT ATAXIA; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPARESIS, SPASTIC; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 43349100545     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-007-2397-7     Document Type: Review

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