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Menkes' syndrome (medicine)


Menkes' syndrome -->
kinky-hair disease
Kinky hair disease, congenital defect of copper metabolism manifested in short, sparse, poorly pigmented kinky hair; associated with failure to thrive, physical and mental retardation, and progressive severe deterioration of the brain; apparently a defect of copper transport; X-linked recessive inheritance.

Synonym: kinky-hair disorder, Menkes' syndrome, trichopoliodystrophy.