Neonatal Diagnosis and Treatment of Menkes Disease
Abstract
Infants diagnosed with Menkes disease early by plasma neurochemical methods and treated early, within 22 days after birth, with copper replacement therapy, had a 92% survival rate vs 13% in those treated late, Median follow-up in 12 newborns treated early was 4.6 years compared to 1.8 years in 15 diagnosed and treated late.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-22-2-9 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482
Language: English
Page range: 16 - 16
Published on: Feb 1, 2008
Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2008 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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