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Neurological presentation of Wilson's disease in a patient after liver transplantation

✍ Scribed by Tomasz Litwin; Grazyna Gromadzka; Anna Członkowska

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
101 KB
Volume
23
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-3185

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

We report of a 32‐year‐old man who showed dystonic symptoms within few days after liver transplantation (LT). The clinical, biochemical, and, finally, genetic evaluation confirmed Wilson's disease diagnosis in this patient. We suspect that extrapyramidal signs in this case could be a result of acute brain injury because of the massive copper release from liver to the circulation just before and during LT. © 2008 Movement Disorder Society

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