Narayanan P, Chetan G, Mahadevan S
Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
Indian J Pediatr. 2006 Jan;73(1):99-100. doi: 10.1007/BF02758271.
Wilson's disease in an 11-year-old girl with generalized weakness and respiratory failure is reported. The child succumbed to severe hypokalemia refractory to therapy progressing to acute renal failure and death. This atypical presentation and course prompted this clinical brief.