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MENKES' KINKY (STEELY) HAIR DISEASE *
Author(s) -
Hockey A.,
Masters C. L.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1977.tb00814.x
Subject(s) - menkes disease , medicine , copper metabolism , dermatology , hair disease , in utero , disease , pathology , copper , pregnancy , biology , fetus , chemistry , organic chemistry , genetics
S ummary A case of Menkes’kinky hair disease is presented, with emphasis on the clinical features of interest to dermatologists. Attention is drawn to the neuropathological changes which suggest an onset of the disease in utero. Recent advances in the defect of copper metabolism are reviewed.