PMID: 16513908Mar 4, 2006Paper

Copper deficiency as cause of unexplained hematologic and neurologic deficits in patient with prior gastrointestinal surgery

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
Joanne WuJohn Muench

Abstract

Copper is a trace mineral essential to hematopoiesis and to the structure and function of the nervous system. Copper deficiency is a rare cause of anemia, leukopenia, and myeloneuropathy, but should be considered in the differential diagnosis in a patient with prior gastrointestinal surgery. We report the case of a 51-year-old woman admitted for nonspecific neurologic symptoms ultimately found to be due to copper malabsorption.

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