Biochemical Marker for Menkes Disease

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-7-2-7

Keywords:

Dopamine-B-Hydroxylase, Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid, Menkes Disease

Abstract

Plasma and CSF levels of catechols in 10 patients with Menkes disease, ranging in age from 9 days to 27 months, were compared with control groups and patients with congenital absence of dopamine-B-hydroxylase (DBH) at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

Published

1993-02-01

Issue

Section

Degenerative Diseases