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Improvement of cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction following anti–copper therapy in Wilson’s disease

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  1. Third Dept. of Internal Medicine, Kagawa University School of Medicine, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki–cho,Kita–gun, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan

    K. Deguchi, I. Sasaki, T. Touge, M. Tsukaguchi, K. Ikeda, M. Shimamura, Y. Urai, S. Watanabe &  S. Kuriyama

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Deguchi, K., Sasaki, I., Touge, T. et al. Improvement of cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction following anti–copper therapy in Wilson’s disease. J Neurol 252, 495–497 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-005-0674-6

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