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Prenatal diagnosis of Menkes disease by genetic analysis and copper measurement.
Brain & development - 1 Oct 2002
Gu Yan-hong, Kodama Hiroko, Sato Emi, Mochizuki Daishi, Yanagawa Yukishige, Takayanagi Masaki, Sato Kodo, Ogawa Atsushi, Ushijima Hiroshi, Lee Cheng-Chun
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Carrier detection for 12 women and prenatal diagnosis for six fetuses in Japanese families with a patient with Menkes disease (MNK) were performed by gene analysis and/or measurement of the copper concentration in cultured cells. Six out of eight mothers of MNK patients were carriers while two (2...
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