Multiple Sclerosis and Wilson Disease: A rare coincidence
Highlights•Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Wilson’s disease(WD) occur rarely together. •To date, only three cases were reported demonstrating the co-occurrence of MS and WD. •D-penicillamine may act as an immunomodulatory agent which may slow down the course of MS. •MS drugs that influence liver functio...
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Published in | Clinical neurology and neurosurgery Vol. 186; p. 105507 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Netherlands
Elsevier B.V
01.11.2019
Elsevier Limited |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | Highlights•Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Wilson’s disease(WD) occur rarely together. •To date, only three cases were reported demonstrating the co-occurrence of MS and WD. •D-penicillamine may act as an immunomodulatory agent which may slow down the course of MS. •MS drugs that influence liver function should be avoided in MS patients with Wilson's disease. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3 |
ISSN: | 0303-8467 1872-6968 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.clineuro.2019.105507 |