Gender differences in Wilson's disease

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 312, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 31-35

  Litwin, T ^a   Gromadzka, G ^a,b   Czlonkowska A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Estrogens; Gender; Phenotype; Wilson's disease

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COPPER METABOLISM; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DYSKINESIA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH DISORDER; TREMOR; WILSON DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHILD; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84155160660     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.08.028     Document Type: Article

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