@misc{10481/57498,
year = {2019},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/57498},
abstract = {Wilson disease (WD) is an uncommon recessive
genetic disorder affecting copper metabolism. Cardiac,
neurological, hepatic and renal manifestations are well
defined, nevertheless approximately 30% of patients
debut with neuropsychiatric symptoms. These psychiatric
alterations resulting from the accumulation of this heavy
metal in the basal ganglia are some how less specific. We
present a short review of psychiatric symptoms of WD and
describe a case of a 37-year-old woman diagnosed with
WD who presented neuropsychiatric symptoms and had
a consequent delay in diagnosis and causal treatment.
Patients who develop WD starting with a predominance
of neuropsychiatric symptoms tend to manifest hepatic
symptoms later, therefore have a longer delay of diagnosis
and a poorer outcome than patients with hepatic
symptoms. An early diagnosis of WD can avoid irreversible
neurological damage.},
publisher = {BMJ},
title = {Wilson disease and psychiatric symptoms: A brief case report},
doi = {10.1136/gpsych-2019-100066},
author = {Guerrero Jiménez, Margarita and Carrillo de Albornoz Calahorro, Carmen Maura and Gutiérrez Rojas, Luis},
}