Penicillamine should not be used as initial therapy in Wilson's disease
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Penicillamine should not be used as initial therapy in Wilson's disease.
I feel honored to be asked by the Movement Disorders journal to contribute my thoughts to the controversy on how to treat patients with Wilson’s disease, particularly during the initial period. I am doubly honored to cross swords on this topic with Professor John Walshe, who has contributed so much to the treatment of Wilson’s disease. As I have said in other settings, a whole generation of pat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Movement Disorders
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0885-3185,1531-8257
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(199907)14:4<551::aid-mds1002>3.0.co;2-s