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[Clinical manifestations of three neonates with family histories of Menkes disease].
No to hattatsu = Brain and development - 1 Jan 2014
Yagi Mariko, Kusunoki Noriko, Lee Tomoko, Awano Hiroyuki, Morioka Ichiro, Kodama Hiroko, Takeshima Yasuhiro, Iijima Kazumoto
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine indications for the early diagnosis of Menkes disease (MD). METHODS: We compared clinical examination results of 3 neonate males with family histories of MD who were at risk of being affected (1 infant was affected and 2 were unaffected). RESULTS: Kinky hair, a characteristic shown by MD patients, was observed just after birth in the affected infant; however, this characteristic was...
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