Copper Deficiency and Myelopathy after Bariatric Surgery

Approach to non-compressive myeloneuropathy through a rendezvous of 11 cases from an Indian backdrop

“…Copper deficiency may be caused due to malabsorption, due to bariatric surgery, 14 celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, or excess zinc supplementation. The mechanism for the latter is the upregulation of metallothionein expression in intestinal enterocytes.…”