MENKES DISEASE - GENETIC DISEASES

Menkes Disease



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Menkes disease is a genetic disease characterized by a lack of copper in the body due to intestinal malabsorption, which causes a number of problems that prevent the child's normal motor development. The disease leads to hypotonia, muscle weakness, seizures, hair does not grow normally thin, thin and weak or curly and coiled