Case 35-2017. A 57-Year-Old Woman with Hypoesthesia and Weakness in the Legs and Arms

N Engl J Med. 2017 Nov 16;377(20):1977-1984. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1710564.

Authors

Michael P Bowley¹, William S David¹, Tracey A Cho¹, Anand S Dighe¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Departments of Neurology (M.P.B., W.S.D., T.A.C.) and Pathology (A.S.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Neurology (M.P.B., W.S.D., T.A.C.) and Pathology (A.S.D.), Harvard Medical School - both in Boston.

PMID: 29141163
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1710564

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Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Copper / deficiency*
Deficiency Diseases / chemically induced
Deficiency Diseases / complications
Deficiency Diseases / diagnosis*
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological
Electromyography
Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / physiology
Female
Gastric Bypass
Humans
Hypesthesia / etiology*
Middle Aged
Muscle Weakness / etiology
Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnosis*
Spinal Cord Diseases / etiology
Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / diagnosis
Vitamin E Deficiency / diagnosis
Zinc / adverse effects*

Substances

Copper
Zinc