Movement disorder with abnormal copper metabolism--a case report and review of the literature.
We describe a neurological disease, seen in the elder sister of identical twins, with dysarthria, involuntary movements, spastic gait, slightly low serum copper, borderline low to normal serum ceruloplasmin, normal urinary copper, and a high hair copper concentration. This neurological disorder appears to differ from others associated with abnormal copper metabolism such as Wilson's or Menkes' kinky hair disease.
Araki
K
K
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
Tachibana
I
I
Ueda
Y
Y
Kashima
K
K
D000328:Adult; D003300:Copper / Q000378:metabolism*; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic
D003300:Copper