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Case Reports
. 2023 Jul-Sep;14(3):547-548.
doi: 10.25259/JNRP_264_2023. Epub 2023 Jun 24.

Wing beating tremors in Wilson's disease: An important clinical clue

Alvee Saluja  1 , Prerna Sinha  1 , Shahbaz Anees  1 , Jyoti Verma  1 , L H Ghotekar  2 , Rajinder K Dhamija  3
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Case Reports

Wing beating tremors in Wilson's disease: An important clinical clue

Alvee Saluja et al. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2023 Jul-Sep.
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Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
(a) Bilateral Kayser-Fleischer (KF) ring (yellow pointer) completely circumscribing the cornea. (b) Slit lamp examination of the right eye showing a brown KF ring (yellow pointer) at the sclera-corneal junction.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Magnetic resonance imaging brain axial fluid attenuated inversion recovery sequence showing hyperintensity in the midbrain tegmentum and the periaqueductal region along with hypointensity in the bilateral substantia nigra.
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