Pancytopenia complicated with peripheral neuropathy due to copper deficiency: Clinical diagnostic review

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 2063-2065

  Imataki, Osamu ^a   Ohnishi, Hiroaki ^a   Kitanaka, Akira ^b   Kubota, Yoshitsugu ^b   Ishida, Toshihiko ^b   Tanaka, Terukazu ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copper deficiency; Pancytopenia; Peripheral neuropathy; Total parenteral nutrition

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN; ZINC;

AGED; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PANCYTOPENIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; SUPPLEMENTATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COPPER; HUMANS; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 61749101933     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1323     Document Type: Review

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