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Copper deficiency myelopathy produces a clinical picture like subacute combined degeneration.
Neurology - 13 Jul 2004
Kumar Neeraj, Gross John B, Ahlskog J Eric
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BACKGROUND: Copper deficiency in ruminants is known to cause an ataxic myelopathy. Copper deficiency as a cause of progressive myelopathy in adults is underrecognized. OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical, biochemical, electrophysiologic, and imaging characteristics in 13 patients with myelopathy associated with copper deficiency. METHODS: The records of patients with a copper deficiency-associated myelopathy were...
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