Copper supplementation improves functional activities of daily living in adults with copper deficiency

Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 122-128

  Prodan, Calin I ^a   Rabadi, Meheroz ^a   Vincent, Andrea S ^b   Cowan, Linda D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

copper deficiency; disability; myelopathy; neuropathy; treatment

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER DEFICIENCY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SUPPLEMENTATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 79952164249     PISSN: 15220443     EISSN: 15371611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CND.0b013e3181dc34c0     Document Type: Article

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