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Wilson's disease presenting with an unusual cough.

Crone NE, Jinnah HA, Reich SG

Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.

A 26-year-old man developed an unusual repetitive, nonproductive cough. Extensive pulmonary and otolaryngology investigations failed to disclose a cause. It was only after he developed additional neurological manifestations ultimately leading to the diagnosis of Wilson's disease (WD) that a neurological basis for the cough was suspected. Features of the cough suggest it was a form of respiratory dyskinesia, a previously unreported presentation of WD.

Published 13 July 2005 in Mov Disord, 20(7): 891-3.
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