Copper-64 metabolism in two patients with non-Wilsonian movement disorders and copper deficiency.

doi:10.1016/0022-510x(93)90195-5

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Copper-64 metabolism in two patients with non-Wilsonian movement disorders and copper deficiency.

Journal of the neurological sciences - 1 Oct 1993

Wierzbicki A S, Patel N, Evans K, Lascelles P T

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Copper-64 studies are presented of 2 patients with non-Wilsonian movement disorder and with abnormal copper handling. Both patients differed from the usual phenotype of non-Wilsonian low copper movement disorder as they had choreiform movement disorders with an onset in the first decade; one patient lacked significant intellectual impairment. Both patients had reduced serum total copper and marginal free copper...

Topics

Adult
Ceruloplasmin
Copper
Copper Radioisotopes
Female
Humans
Liver
Male
Movement Disorders
Phenotype

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PMID: 8246016
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510x(93)90195-5

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