The failure of parenteral copper therapy
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A. D. Garnica
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Article
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1984
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Springer
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English
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In the untreated infant with Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome, copper concentrations in brain and liver are deficient, while excessive copper accumulates in other tissues. The observed serum ceruloplasmin response after parenteral copper administration is suggestive of an impairment in the incorporation o