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A 21-year-old college student is brought to the emergency department by his friends because of bizarre behavior. His friends state that he has been acting "a little odd" lately, but they are unaware of any drug abuse. He does drink alcohol but is not known as a binge drinker. His friends do not know his medical history but state he was taking a prescription drug for a "metabolic disorder," which he stopped several months ago. He is uncooperative, paranoid, and disoriented. You note brownish pigmentation of his corneas on physical exam. This may be the first case of Wilson's disease you have ever seen.