Severe neuropsychiatric presentation of Wilson's disease

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 170-171

  Chakor, Rahul T ^a   Santhosh, N S ^a  

^a BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Hepatolenticular degeneration; Neurologic; Neuropsychiatric presentation; Penicillamine; Wilson's disease

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PENICILLAMINE; PYRIDOXINE; QUETIAPINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRADYKINESIA; CASE REPORT; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DELUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; EYE EXAMINATION; FOLLOW UP; HAND TREMOR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INATTENTION TREMOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LIMB TREMOR; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSTURAL TREMOR; RESTLESSNESS; SARDONIC GRIN; TABLET; TREMOR; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 79960230910     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.82556     Document Type: Article

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