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Case Reports
. 2019 Jul 11;6(7):605-607.
doi: 10.1002/mdc3.12802. eCollection 2019 Sep.

Undulating Tongue Revealing Wilson's Disease

Hicham El Otmani  1   2 , Tarik Benhsain  2 , Zaynab Abdulhakeem  2 , Bouchra El Moutawakil  1   2 , Mohammed Abdoh Rafai  1   2
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Case Reports

Undulating Tongue Revealing Wilson's Disease

Hicham El Otmani et al. Mov Disord Clin Pract. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Wilson's disease; involuntary lingual movement; undulating tongue.

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The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest relevant to this work.

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Figure 1
Brain magnetic resonance imaging, coronal T2‐weighted (A), axial fluid attenuated inversion recovery (B), and axial diffusion‐weighted (C) sequences show symmetrical hyperintensity of the putamen and caudate nuclei.
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