Distinctive Menkes disease variant with occipital horns: delineation of natural history and clinical phenotype.

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To delineate further the clinical spectrum of Menkes disease, an X-linked recessive disorder of copper transport, we studied 4 related males, ranging in age from 4-38 years, with a unique phenotype that combines manifestations of classical and mild Menkes disease and occipital horn syndrome (OHS). The propositus, and 18-year-old man, was evaluated following an intracerebral hemorrhage at age 15 years and was...

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