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Neurological Sciences
Published in: Neurological Sciences 12/2017

01-12-2017 | Letter to the Editor

Wilson’s disease presenting as central pontine myelinolysis

Authors: Mahdi Safdarian, Renato P. Munhoz, Mahboubeh Aghaei, Mohammad Rohani

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Issue 12/2017

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Wilson’s disease (WD) is a rare autosomal recessive disease due to impaired biliary excretion of copper. Its main neurologic symptoms are dysarthria and movement disorders such as dystonia, tremor, and parkinsonism [1, 2]. Herein, we report a case of central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) presenting as an uncommon presentation of WD. …
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Metadata
Title
Wilson’s disease presenting as central pontine myelinolysis
Authors
Mahdi Safdarian
Renato P. Munhoz
Mahboubeh Aghaei
Mohammad Rohani
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
Neurological Sciences / Issue 12/2017
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-3064-9

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