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Disturbed copper transport in humans. Part 1: mutations of the ATP7A gene lead to Menkes disease and occipital horn syndrome.
Cellular and molecular biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France) - 1 Jan 2001
Seidel J, Møller L B, Mentzel H J, Kauf E, Vogt S, Patzer S, Wollina U, Zintl F, Horn N
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of the ATP7A gene (OMIM 300011) lead to the Menkes disease (MD, OMIM 309400) involving impaired brain development, neurological degeneration, connective tissue abnormalities, and high lethality in early infancy. Occipital horn syndrome (OHS, OMIM 304150), a milder phenotype, is also caused by ATP7A gene mutations. In MD patients, an early copper-histidine treatment may prevent the neurological...
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