Neurologic dysfunction and pancytopenia secondary to acquired copper deficiency following duodenal switch: Case report and review of the literature

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 583-592

  Btaiche, Imad F ^a,b   Yeh, Alice Y ^a   Wu, Irene J ^c   Khalidi, Nabil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

bariatric surgery; copper; micronutrients; nutritional assessment; nutritional status; obesity; trace elements

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; CUPRIC CHLORIDE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; GLUCONATE COPPER; GLUCOSE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE PLUS LOSARTAN; IRON; METHYLMALONIC ACID; OMEPRAZOLE; PANCRELIPASE; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; THIAMINE; TRANSFERRIN; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; BODY MASS; BRAIN DISEASE; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONFUSION; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DIARRHEA; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROGASTROGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LEG EDEMA; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LUNG EDEMA; MALABSORPTION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBID OBESITY; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MYOPATHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCYTOPENIA; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POLYNEUROPATHY; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WHITE MATTER; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

COPPER; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIARRHEA; DUODENUM; GASTRIC BYPASS; GLUCONATES; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OBESITY, MORBID; PANCYTOPENIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 80053284846     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: 19412452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533611416127     Document Type: Article

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