Menkes disease. Menkes disease ( MNK ), also known as Menkes syndrome, is an X-linked recessive disorder caused by mutations in genes coding for the copper-transport protein ATP7A, leading to copper deficiency. Characteristic findings include kinky hair, growth failure, and nervous system deterioration.
Menkes syndrome can be diagnosed by blood tests of the copper and ceruloplasmin levels, skin biopsy, and optical microscopic examination of the hair to view characteristic Menkes abnormalities. X-rays of the skull and skeleton are conducted to look for abnormalities in bone formation.
Since 70% of MNK cases are inherited, genetic testing of the mother can be performed to search for a mutation in the ATP7A gene. There is no cure for Menkes disease. Early treatment with injections of copper supplements (acetate or glycinate) may be of some slight benefit. Among 12 newborns who were diagnosed with MNK, 92% were alive at age 4.6.
Mutations in the ATP7A gene, located on chromosome Xq21.1, leads to Menkes syndrome. This condition is inherited in an X-linked recessive pattern. About 30% of MNK cases are due to new mutations and 70% are inherited, almost always from the mother.
Description. Collapse Section. Menkes syndrome is a disorder that affects copper levels in the body. It is characterized by sparse, kinky hair; failure to gain weight and grow at the expected rate (failure to thrive); and deterioration of the nervous system.
Menkes disease occurs mostly in male infants and is characterized by coarse, kinky hair (lead to its nickname of “kinky hair disease”), as well as failure to grow and thrive. Menkes disease is believed to occur in about 1 in 35,000 live male births.
Menkes disease, often called Menkes kinky hair syndrome, is an X-linked recessive disease resulting from a mutation that codes a copper transport enzyme. The defect results in a systemic deficit of copper and subsequent global dysfunction of copper-dependent enzymes.
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Menkes disease is caused by a defective gene named ATPTA1 that regulates the metabolism of copper in the body. The disease primarily affects male infants. Copper accumulates at abnormally low levels in the liver and brain, but at higher than normal levels in the kidney and intestinal lining.
Diagnosis. Menkes disease is typically diagnosed based on the clinical features, medical examination, and genetic testing for alterations in the ATP7A gene . Other types of tests that may be helpful include analysis of catecholamines (chemicals that are sensitive to copper) and copper levels in the blood.
Menkes Disease (MD) is a rare X-linked recessive fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by mutations in the ATP7A gene, and most patients are males. Female carriers are mosaics of wild-type and mutant cells due to the random X inactivation, and they are rarely affected.
The disorder was first described by John Hans Menkes in 1962. Onset occurs during infancy, with incidence of about 1 in 100,000 to 250,000 newborns; affected infants often do not live past the age of three years, though there are rare cases in which less severe symptoms emerge later in childhood.
Signs of possible copper deficiency include anemia, low body temperature, bone fractures and osteoporosis, low white blood cell count, irregular heartbeat, loss of pigment from the skin, and thyroid problems.
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Menkes disease (MNK), also known as Menkes syndrome, is a X-linked recessive disorder that affects copper levels in the body, leading to copper deficiency. The onset of Menkes disease typically begins during infancy, affecting about 1 in 100,000 to 250,000 newborns. Infants with MNK syndrome often do not live past the age of 3.
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Menkes disease ( MNK ), also known as Menkes syndrome, is an X-linked recessive disorder caused by mutations in genes coding for the copper-transport protein ATP7A, leading to copper deficiency. Characteristic findings include kinky hair, growth failure, and nervous system deterioration.
Occipital horn syndrome (sometimes called X-linked cutis laxa or Ehlers-Danlos type 9) is a mild form of Menkes syndrome that begins in early to middle childhood. It is characterized by calcium deposits in a bone at the base of the skull ( occipital bone ), coarse hair, and loose skin and joints.
Mutations in genes coding for the copper-transport protein ATP7A. Frequency. 1 in 254,000 (Europe) 1 in 357,143 (Japan) Menkes disease ( MNK ), also known as Menkes syndrome, is an X-linked recessive disorder caused by mutations in genes coding for the copper-transport protein ATP7A, leading to copper deficiency.
There is no cure for Menkes disease. Early treatment with injections of copper supplements (acetate or glycinate) may be of some slight benefit. Among 12 newborns who were diagnosed with MNK, 92% were alive at age 4.6. Other treatment is symptomatic and supportive.
The disorder was first described by John Hans Menkes in 1962. Onset occurs during infancy, with incidence of about 1 in 100,000 to 250,000 newborns; affected infants often do not live past the age of three years, though there are rare cases in which less severe symptoms emerge later in childhood.
About 30% of MNK cases are due to new mutations and 70% are inherited, almost always from the mother. Even though the disease is more common in males, females can still be a carrier of the disease. As the result of a mutation in the ATP7A gene, copper is poorly distributed to cells in the body.
Menkes Disease (MNK) is a rare inherited neurodegenerative disorder that is caused by mutations in the ATP7A gene, resulting in abnormal uptake and metabolism of copper in cells of the body.
MNK is characterized by loss of developmental milestones, hypotonia (floppy muscle tone), seizures, feeding difficulties, failure to thrive, subnormal body temperature, and strikingly peculiar hair, which is often colorless or steel colored, and breaks easily. Menkes Disease-Classic form is the most severe type of this disorder ...
Children with Classic or infantile onset MNK appear normal at birth, and then start showing symptoms around 2 -3 months of age. The prognosis for infantile onset MNK is poor, with most children dying by age 3. TREATMENT. Treatment of Menkes disease is symptomatic and supportive. Early treatment with copper may improve ...