Recurrent limb weakness in a 17-year-old boy

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 555-557

  Thapa, Rajoo ^a   Biswas, Biswajit ^a   Mallick, Debkrishna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Hypokalemic weakness; Metabolic acidosis; Wilson disease

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; PENICILLAMINE; POTASSIUM; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EYE MALFORMATION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; KIDNEY TUBULE ACIDOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; URINARY EXCRETION; WILSON DISEASE;

ACIDOSIS, RENAL TUBULAR; ADOLESCENT; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 65949094370     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922809332684     Document Type: Article

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