Menkes Disease: Copper-Histidine Therapy

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-7-11-5

Keywords:

Menkes Disease, Skeletal Deformities, Infantile Spasms

Abstract

The response to subcutaneous copper-histidine treatment (50 - 150 mcg Cu/kgm/daily) in seven children with Menkes disease (Kinky-Hair disease) is reported from the Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Canada.

Published

1993-11-01

Issue

Section

Metabolic Disorders