Congenital skull fracture as a presentation of Menkes disease

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 347-348

  Ubhi, Tim ^a   Reece, Ashley ^a   Craig, Adam ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; COPPER; HISTIDINE; PHENOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; DEATH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MENKES SYNDROME; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SKULL FRACTURE; SURVIVAL;

BIRTH INJURIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENKES KINKY HAIR SYNDROME; PARIETAL BONE; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 0034025971     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2000.tb00103.x     Document Type: Article

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