Wilson's disease: An Indian perspective

Neurology India

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 528-540

  Taly, A B ^a   Prashanth, L K ^a   Sinha, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

India; MRI; Pathology; Wilson's disease

Indexed keywords

DIMERCAPROL; PENICILLAMINE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM SULFIDE; TETRATHIOMOLYBDATE AMMONIUM; TRIENTINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WILSON DISEASE PROTEIN; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FAMILY HISTORY; GOLD STANDARD; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVER LYSOSOME; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORBIDITY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORTALITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SPEECH DISORDER; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; VISUAL DISORDER; WILSON DISEASE;

BRAIN; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INDIA;

EID: 72849119554     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.57789     Document Type: Review

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