Menkes's syndrome. Report of a patient treated from 21 days of age with parenteral copper.
- 1 December 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 53 (12) , 956-958
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.53.12.956
Abstract
In an infant with Menkes'' steely-hair syndrome, early treatment (from 21 days of age) with parenteral Cu failed to halt the disease. In addition to urinary tract abnormalities, panlobular emphysema was present, a finding not previously noted in the syndrome.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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