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Case Reports
. 2005 Jan;55(1):40-2.

Menke's kinky hair syndrome--a rare medical condition

Yaseer Al-Bitar  1 , Azam-Jah-Samdani, Tania Azam
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  • PMID: 15816696
Case Reports

Menke's kinky hair syndrome--a rare medical condition

Yaseer Al-Bitar et al. J Pak Med Assoc. 2005 Jan.

Abstract

The case of a 16-month-old boy is described who had typical clinical and radiological features and was proven biochemically to be a case of Menke's disease. Clinical manifestations began in the first few months with hypothermia, hypotonia, seizures and death occurring at the age of 18 months.

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