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An Unusual Presentation of Menkes Disease Masquerading as a Leukodystrophy with Macrocephaly

BACKGROUND: Menkes disease is an X-linked neurodegenerative disease caused by mutation in ATP7A gene, which codes for copper-transporting ATPase. It usually presents in early infancy with neuro-regression, hypotonia, seizures, and kinky hair. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain shows cereb...

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Autores principales: Tayal, Anshula, Elwadhi, Aman, Sharma, Suvasini, Patra, Bijoy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7227752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32435310
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JPN.JPN_141_18