title: Wilson's disease presenting as respiratory failure.
abstract: Wilson's disease in an 11-year-old girl with generalized weakness and respiratory failure is reported. The child succumbed to severe hypokalemia refractory to therapy progressing to acute renal failure and death. This atypical presentation and course prompted this clinical brief.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Narayanan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chetan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahadevan
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006527:Hepatolenticular Degeneration / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000209:etiology; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D017211:Treatment Failure