Combined optic neuropathy and myelopathy secondary to copper deficiency

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 386-392

  Pineles, Stacy L ^a   Wilson, Christina A ^a   Balcer, Laura J ^a   Slater, Robert ^b   Galetta, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Delaware County Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

copper deficiency; gastric bypass; myelopathy; optic neuropathy; vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; COPPER DEFICIENCY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH SURGERY; SYMPTOM; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GASTRECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; STOMACH BYPASS;

ADULT; AGED; COPPER; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 77953616913     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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