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ID DOID:5112
Name copper deficiency myelopathy
Definition A nutritional deficiency disease that is characterized by deficiency of copper, causing spastic gait and ataxia, often with anemia and neutropenia, has_symptom imbalance and jerking movements, and has_material_basis_in copper deficiency possibly due to malabsorption or excess zinc ingestion.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4612215/, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17036563
Xrefs

MESH:D013540

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:78714004

UMLS_CUI:C0038981

Synonyms

human swayback [EXACT]

Parent Relationships

is_a nutritional deficiency disease

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