Maladie de Wilson: etude de 6 formes neurologiques observees au CHU de Conakry
Médecine Tropicale
; 64(1): 53-57, 2004.
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RESUMEN
This rep o rt describes 6 cases of Wi l s o n 's disease observed at the Unive rsity Hospital Center in Conakry; Guinea. P resenting symptoms invo l ved ex t rapy ramidal syndrome in 4 cases; p s y chomotor ep i l epsy in 1; and confusional syndrome in 1 c a s e. Diagnosis was based on neuro p s y chic manife s t ations; Kayser- F l e i cher corneal ring; liver failure; and impaired copper metabolism. Brain CT-scan depicted normal fe at u res in 3 cases; s y m m e t ric hypodensity of the lenticular nu cleus in one; discrete ve nt ricular dilat ation of in one a and cortico-subcoetical atro p hy in one
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Main subject:
Copper
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Hepatolenticular Degeneration
Language:
Fr
Journal:
Médecine Tropicale
Year:
2004
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Article