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Menkes' disease—A hypothesis with recommandations for future investigations

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Recent research in Menkes' Disease has focused on a defective copper metabolism. Recommandations for future research are given with special emphasis on the neuropathological aspects.

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  1. Department of Neuropathology, Aarhus Municipal Hospital, Aarhus University School of Medicine, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark

    Edith Reske-Nielsen, Hans Christensen Lou & Per L. Vagn-Hansen

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Reske-Nielsen, E., Lou, H.C. & Vagn-Hansen, P.L. Menkes' disease—A hypothesis with recommandations for future investigations. Acta Neuropathol 28, 361–363 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00685291

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