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Wilson’s Disease

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Patient 1: A 26-year-old man presented to a neurologist with a 6-month history of mild upper extremity tremor. He also felt that during the past year his memory was not as good as it used to be, and sometimes he had difficulty focusing mentally on tasks. Otherwise, the patient had been healthy. His family history revealed two ancestors on his mother’s side who had had mild tremor. Physical and neurological examinations were negative except for tremor. Laboratory studies were confined to blood counts and a biochemistry panel, which came back normal.

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Brewer, G.J. (2005). Wilson’s Disease. In: Movement Disorder Emergencies. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-902-8:195

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