Copper deficiency myelopathy can also involve the brain stem

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kumar, G ^a   Goyal, M K ^a   Lucchese, S ^a   Dhand, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER DEFICIENCY; COPPER DEFICIENCY MYELOPATHY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; LETTER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NEURITIS; PARESTHESIA; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN STEM; COPPER; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; SEIZURES; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 78651509732     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2261     Document Type: Letter

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