Monitoring late complications of zinc treatment in Wilson's disease. Reply to the letter: Copper deficiency in Wilson's disease: An avoidable complication of treatment: Monitoring Late Complications of Zinc Treatment in Wilson's Disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2449-2450

  Cortese, Andrea ^a   Zangaglia, Roberta ^a   Lozza, Alessando ^a   Piccolo, Giovanni ^a   Pacchetti, Claudio ^a  

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COPPER DEFICIENCY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; LETTER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY EXCRETION; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 81955161931     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23969     Document Type: Letter

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