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Molecular diagnosis of Menkes disease: genotype-phenotype correlation.
Biochimie - 1 Oct 2009
Møller Lisbeth Birk, Mogensen Mie, Horn Nina
Abstract excerpt
Menkes syndrome is an X-linked, fatal neurodegenerative disorder of copper metabolism, caused by mutations in the ATP7A gene, encoding a copper-transporting P1B-type ATPase. To date, a total of approximately 160 different mutations have been reported worldwide. The clinical phenotypes observed in these patients include progressive neuro-degeneration, connective-tissue abnormalities and peculiar hair. There is...
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