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J. M. Walshe, FRCP; N. A. R. Munro, MRCP
Department of Neurology The Middlesex Hospital London W1N 8M, England

Arch Neurol. 1995;52(1):10-11.

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Lang and colleagues¹ describe a patient with Wilson's disease who deteriorated and died after the initiation of treatment with zinc salts. They refute the claim by Hoogenraad and Van Hattum² that zinc therapy is never associated with a worsening of neurological signs. Such a claim is, of course, unfounded.^3,4 A patient recently referred to us amply illustrates this point.

Report of a Case.

A 19-year-old Indian woman had an elder sister who had died of intractable vomiting at the age of 8 years. At the same age, our patient had an attack of vomiting that abated spontaneously but continued intermittently thereafter. When she was 17 years old, the vomiting became worse and was soon followed by dribbling, dysarthria, tremor, and mild dyskinesia with occasional outbursts of temper. She was labeled as suffering from parkinsonism and anorexia nervosa. Her condition continued to deteriorate, and finally a diagnosis of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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