Menkes' disease is a rare X-linked recessive inherited disorder of copper metabolism characterized by neurodegeneration, peculiar hair, and early death. The symptoms can be attributed to decreased activity of copper-dependent enzymes, but treatment with copper has so far failed to influence the cour
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Long-term skeletal findings in Menkes disease
✍ Scribed by Eva Amador; Ruth Domene; Cristian Fuentes; Juan-Carlos Carreño; Goya Enríquez
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- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
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- Volume
- 40
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- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-0449
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