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. 1979 May;42(5):478–480. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.42.5.478

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Reading difficulty as a presenting symptom in Wilson's disease

Nigel M Hyman 1, Prida Phuapradit 1
PMCID: PMC490238  PMID: 448388

Abstract

A case of Wilson's disease is reported in which the major symptom before treatment was a reading disability. This was caused by ocular dysmetria, and the abnormal eye movements were recorded by electronystagmography and optokinetic drum testing.

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