PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Joanne Wu
AU  - Mari Ricker
AU  - John Muench
TI  - Copper Deficiency as Cause of Unexplained Hematologic and Neurologic Deficits in Patient with Prior Gastrointestinal Surgery
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.19.2.191
DP  - 2006 Mar 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
PG  - 191--194
VI  - 19
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/19/2/191.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/19/2/191.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2006 Mar 01; 19
AB  - 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.