Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome [Menkesova choroba]
- Terms
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Menkesova nemoc
Menkesův syndrom
syndrom kinky hair
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Congenital Hypocupremia
Copper Transport Disease
Hypocupremia, Congenital
Kinky Hair Disease
Kinky Hair Syndrome
Menkea Syndrome
Menkes Disease
Menkes Syndrome
Menkes' Disease
Steely Hair Disease
Steely Hair Syndrome
X-Linked Copper Deficiency
An inherited disorder of copper metabolism transmitted as an X-linked trait and characterized by the infantile onset of HYPOTHERMIA, feeding difficulties, hypotonia, SEIZURES, bony deformities, pili torti (twisted hair), and severely impaired intellectual development. Defective copper transport across plasma and endoplasmic reticulum membranes results in copper being unavailable for the synthesis of several copper containing enzymes, including PROTEIN-LYSINE 6-OXIDASE; CERULOPLASMIN; and SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE. Pathologic changes include defects in arterial elastin, neuronal loss, and gliosis. (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p125)
- DUI
- D007706 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0012055
- Previous indexing
- Brain Diseases (1966-1976)
- History note
- 2000(1977)
- Public note
- 2000; see KINKY HAIR SYNDROME 1991-1999; see BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC 1977-1990
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- blood
- CF
- cerebrospinal fluid
- CI
- chemically induced
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- classification
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- complications
- DI
- diagnosis 6
- DG
- diagnostic imaging 1
- DH
- diet therapy
- DT
- drug therapy 2
- EC
- economics
- EM
- embryology
- EN
- enzymology 1
- EP
- epidemiology
- EH
- ethnology
- ET
- etiology 4
- GE
- genetics 4
- HI
- history
- IM
- immunology
- ME
- metabolism 1
- MI
- microbiology
- MO
- mortality 2
- NU
- nursing
- PS
- parasitology
- PA
- pathology 2
- PP
- physiopathology 2
- PC
- prevention & control
- PX
- psychology
- RT
- radiotherapy
- RH
- rehabilitation
- SU
- surgery
- TH
- therapy
- UR
- urine
- VE
- veterinary
- VI
- virology
Hair defect with photosensitivity and mental retardation Disease MeSH Browser