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Acquired Hepatocerebral Degeneration: Report of an Atypical Case

Overview
Journal J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
Publisher BMJ Publishing Group
Specialties Neurology
Neurosurgery
Psychiatry
Date 1970 Oct 1
PMID 5478947
Citations 3
Authors
D I Graham
J H Adams
F I CAIRD
J W Lawson
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Abstract

A case of acquired hepatocerebral degeneration secondary to biliary cirrhosis is described. It differs from the conventional type because of the clinical predominance of cerebellar symptomatology and because the principal neuropathological abnormalities were restricted to the pallidum and to the cerebellum.

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