Copper deficiency myeloneuropathy in a patient with haemachromatosis: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Scurr, Cosmo ^a   Sampson, Barry ^b   Ball, Joanna ^b   Gabriel, Carolyn ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER SULFATE; CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; ATHETOSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ECZEMA; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELONEUROPATHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PHLEBOTOMY; PORPHYRIA; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRICK TEST; PSEUDOATHETOSIS; RASH; SENSORIMOTOR AXONAL POLYNEUROPATHY; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN REDNESS; TREMOR; URTICARIA;

EID: 77953471600     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4076/1757-1626-2-6168     Document Type: Article

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