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Case Reports
. 1994 Dec 25;135(52):2877-80.

[Menkes disease]

[Article in Hungarian]
R Simkó  1 , B Lombay, I Velkey, A Kiss, A Gyurcsik, K Váradi, K Nagy
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  • PMID: 7845659
Case Reports

[Menkes disease]

[Article in Hungarian]
R Simkó et al. Orv Hetil. .

Abstract

The Menkes or kinky hair disease is a rare, sex-linked systemic disorder of the copper metabolism. It is lethal in the first three years due to cerebral and cerebellar degeneration. Apropos of their case the authors summarise the knowledge on the diagnosis, pathogenesis and therapy.

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