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Metabolic brain diseases

Metabolic brain diseases

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Is a type of:

Brain diseases

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Rare

Types of

Wilson's disease
Condition
Wernicke-korsakoff syndrome
Condition
Hepatic encephalopathy
Condition
PKU
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