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Penicillamine-induced lethal status dystonicus in a patient with Wilson's disease

✍ Scribed by Marina Svetel; Nadežda Šternić; Sanja Pejović; Vladimir S. Kostić

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
840 KB
Volume
16
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-3185

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Abstract

A 37‐year‐old man with Wilson's disease is described, in whom the introduction of penicillamine therapy was followed after 3.5 weeks by the development of the status dystonicus with a fatal outcome.

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