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Possible Causes

Menkes Disease

Animal models of kinky hair disease The mottled mouse provides an excellent animal model for Menkes kinky hair disease. [emedicine.com]

Etiology Menkes kinky hair syndrome is a genodermatosis. [5] The gene locus for Menkes kinky hair syndrome is in band Xq13.3. [emedicine.medscape.com]

[…] myelination due to copper deficiency. [5, 6] Danks' discovery in 1972 was based on his recognition that the unusual hair of infants with Menkes kinky hair disease appeared [emedicine.com]

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Tricho-Dento-Osseous Syndrome

Overview A rare genetic disorder characterized by kinky hair, tooth enamel and bone abnormalities. [checkorphan.org]

Curly/kinky hair is present at birth in around 80% of patients, but around half of these patients loose the hair phenotype by adolescence. [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

It is characterized by curly and kinky hair at infancy that later straightens, absent mineralization of dental enamel, taurodontism and dental hypoplasia. [ipfs.io]

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Woolly Hair Nevus

[…] more, well circumscribed areas of curly/kinky hair on the scalp in a non-black individual. [jemds.com]

kinky hair. [ijpd.in]

The three most common forms are wooly hair nevus, which is a condition where kinky hair grows in one or more clearly defined areas of the scalp apart from non-curly hair; [wisegeek.com]

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Disorder of Copper Metabolism

• Metabolism of labeled Cu (67Cu) was studied in three patients with kinky hair disease (KHD). Labeled Cu was administered first intravenously and, later, orally. [jamanetwork.com]

MNK is characterized by kinky hair, growth failure, and deterioration of the nervous system. [icd.codes]

The condition is characterized by distinctive clinical features, including sparse and depigmented hair (“kinky hair”), failure to thrive, connective tissue disorders and severe [globenewswire.com]

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Acquired Kinky Hair Syndrome

The thing is - I went back home for holidays last summer and this time my hair did not go back to its normal state, it remained kinky - though the hair shedding definitely [alopeciaworld.com]

The frizzy, kinky hair appears in the frontal, temporal, and vertex regions (frontal, parietal, occipital) of the scalp. [hairstylessolutions.blogspot.com]

hair syndrome, Netherton syndrome, and Laron syndrome at the age of 2 years or later. [capillaroscopia.it]

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Pili Torti

Menkes disease is also known as copper transport disease, Menkes syndrome, kinky hair disease, Menkes kinky hair syndrome or steely hair disease. [wisegeek.com]

Hair Syndrome (40 %) ( Kinky Hair Disease, Menkes Disease,) Follicular Atrophoderma (40 %) Biotinidase Deficiency (40 %) Lichen Planopilaris (37 %) ( Acuminatus, Follicular [gulfdoctor.net]

Fingers, Palmoplantar Keratoderma And Clubbing,) Ehlers danlos Syndrome (40 %) ( Cutis Hyperelastica, Elastic Skin, India Rubber Skin,) Palmoplantar Keratoderma (40 %) Menkes Kinky [gulfdoctor.net]

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Clastothrix

In some cases, trichorrhexis nodosa may be caused by an underlying disorder such as Menkes’ kinky hair syndrome, hypothyroidism, or trichothiodystrophy. [strandandscience.com]

hair syndrome, Netherton syndrome, and Laron syndrome at the age of 2 years or later. [tumorealseno.info]

In some cases, trichorrhexis nodosa may be caused by an underlying disorder such as argininosuccinic aciduria, Menkes' kinky hair syndrome, Netherton's syndrome, hypothyroidism [en.wikipedia.org]

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Wooly Hair

The three most common forms are wooly hair nevus, which is a condition where kinky hair grows in one or more clearly defined areas of the scalp apart from non-curly hair; [wisegeek.com]

kinky hair. [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

[…] term) and drug-induced kinky hair. [orpha.net]

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Hypocupremia

[…] by year, and whether "Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome" was a major or minor topic of these publications. [profiles.umassmed.edu]

Menkes’s kinky hair syndrome: an inherited defect in copper absorption with widespread effects. Pediatrics. 1972 ; 50 : 188 – 201. 9. Alfred, JW, Aulino, J. [cambridge.org]

"Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). [profiles.umassmed.edu]

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Bladder Diverticulum

We report a 2 year-old boy with Menkes' kinky hair disease associated with a solitary huge bladder diverticulum. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] enlargement (hypertrophy; carcinoma) ureterocele (large) urethral stricture congenital syndromes Diamond-Blackfan syndrome Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Menkes syndrome (a.k.a. kinky-hair [radiopaedia.org]

hair'' syndromes. [5] Congenital bladder diverticulums (CBD) are not frequent in children and an incidence of 1.7% was reported in a series of symptomatic patients evaluated [afrjpaedsurg.org]

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Fracture

Sparse, kinky hair is associated with Menkes disease. Dentinogenesis imperfecta is occasionally identified in older children with OI. [pediatrics.aappublications.org]

Menkes Disease Menkes disease, also known as Menkes kinky hair syndrome, is a rare congenital defect of copper metabolism. 90 Menkes disease is an X-linked recessive condition [pediatrics.aappublications.org]

hair, calvarial wormian bones, anterior rib flaring, failure to thrive, and developmental delay. [pediatrics.aappublications.org]

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Tricho-Retino-Dento-Digital Syndrome

Marfanoid joint hypermobility syndrome Marshall syndrome Marshall-Smith syndrome Maternal phenylketonuria fetal effect Meckel-Gruber syndrome Melnick-Fraser syndrome Menkes kinky-hair [emedcodes.com]

[…] syndrome Marfanoid joint hypermobility syndrome Marshall syndrome Marshall-Smith syndrome Maternal PKU fetal effect Meckel-Gruber syndrome Melnick-Fraser syndrome Menkes kinky-hair [icd9data.com]

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Otoonychoperoneal Syndrome

Pagina 351 - Menkes's kinky hair syndrome: an inherited defect in copper absorption with wide-spread effects. ‎ [books.google.it]

Página 351 - Menkes's kinky hair syndrome: an inherited defect in copper absorption with wide-spread effects. ‎ [books.google.es]

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Ringed Hair Disease

Ichthyosis, Decreased fertility, Short stature) (Trichothiodystrophy) 601675 Insect bites Keratitis-ichthyosiform erythroderma-deafness (KID) syndrome 148210 Kinky hair [keratin.com]

As mentioned, Menkes’ kinky hair syndrome can have pili torti, trichorrhexis nodosa, trichoclasis, and trichoptilosis, making the hair feel like steel wool. [hairtx.com]

Menkes' kinky hair syndrome ( ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code E83.0 Disorders of copper metabolism 2016 2017 2018 2019 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code E83.0 ) The following code(s [icd10data.com]

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HAIR-AN Syndrome

A few days later, she confirmed her suspicions that Timmy had Menke’s kinky hair syndrome, a copper deficiency disease that caused the brain to deteriorate. [globalgenes.org]

Their hair may be fine, silvery and brittle (kinky hair) and connective tissue disturbances lead to doughy skin. [radiopaedia.org]

Steely hair disease; Menkes kinky hair syndrome; Kinky hair disease; Copper transport disease; Trichopoliodystrophy; X-linked copper deficiency Kaler SG, Packman S. [medlineplus.gov]

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Inherited Neuropathy

Those affected with GAN have characteristic curly kinky hair, everted feet and a crouched gait, which suggest the diagnosis in most cases. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Mycoplasma Encephalitis

They have been associated with such conditions as cerebral palsy, residual brain damage, undefined infections, infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy, Menkes’ kinky-hair syndrome [neurology.org]

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Hereditary North American Indian Childhood Cirrhosis

Menkes (Kinky Hair) Disease. nd. 4pp. www.icondata.com/health/pedbase/files/MENKES(K.HTM Cordier-Alex M-P. Menkes disease. [rarediseases.org]

Signs & Symptoms Menkes disease is characterized by brittle, tangled, sparse, steely or kinky hair that is often white, ivory, or gray in color. [rarediseases.org]

Synonyms of Menkes Disease Copper Transport Disease Kinky Hair Disease Steely Hair Disease Trichopoliodystrophy X-linked Copper Deficiency Subdivisions of Menkes Disease Neurodegenerative [rarediseases.org]

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Intestinal Obstruction

The defective copper metabolism causes dysfunction of a plenty of copper-dependent enzymes, giving rise to unique kinky hair appearance, progressive neurodegeneration, and [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Bjornstad Syndrome

[…] gene, curly/kinky hair at birth ( may straighten after pubery ), dental pits, bone density - AR - pili torti, deafness, normal intelligence and lifespan Papular Atrichia [studyblue.com]

It is characterized by sparse, kinky hair; failure to thrive; and progressive deterioration of the nervous system. [checkrare.com]

Features such as twisted, thin hair distinguish this disease from typical curly/kinky hair and other causes of hair fragility and breakage. hair shaft is flattened at irregular [scielo.br]

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Polyglucosan Body Myopathy Type 2

It is characterized by sparse, kinky hair; failure to thrive; and progressive deterioration of the nervous system. [checkrare.com]

[…] syndrome MASS syndrome Meacham syndrome Meckel syndrome, type 4 MECP2 duplication syndrome Melanoma, cutaneous malignant 5 Melnick-Fraser syndrome Meningioma, familial Menkes kinky-hair [pentacorelab.hu]

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Isolated Congenital Breast Hypoplasia or Aplasia

الصفحة 351 - Menkes's kinky hair syndrome: an inherited defect in copper absorption with wide-spread effects. ‏ [books.google.com]

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Periostitis

hair syndrome, and Sickle cell disease. [roentgenrayreader.blogspot.com]

[…] disorders ), Rickets, Infantile cortical hyperostosis, Osteomyelitis, Scurvy, Trauma, Ewing, A-hypervitaminosis, Leukemia & neuroblastoma, Syphilis, Osteosarcoma, Child abuse, Kinky [roentgenrayreader.blogspot.com]

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Congenital Trigeminal Anesthesia

Hair Disease 284 Chapter 32 Incontinentia Pigmenti 293 Chapter 33 A Syndrome of Anosmia Ichthyosis and Hypogonadism with Steroid Sulfatase and Arylsulfatase C Deficiencies [books.google.com]

Disease 254 Chapter 28 RuvalcabaMyhre Syndrome 261 DISEASES WITH XLINKED INHERITANCE 263 Chapter 29 FabryAnderson Disease 265 Chapter 30 Adrenoleukodystrophy 273 Chapter 31 Kinky [books.google.com]

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Acroosteolysis

الصفحة 351 - Menkes's kinky hair syndrome: an inherited defect in copper absorption with wide-spread effects. ‏ [books.google.com]

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Coxa Valga

الصفحة 351 - Menkes's kinky hair syndrome: an inherited defect in copper absorption with wide-spread effects. ‏ [books.google.com]

Seite 351 - Menkes's kinky hair syndrome: an inherited defect in copper absorption with wide-spread effects. ‎ Bibliografische Informationen [books.google.de]

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X-linked Distal Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3

Involvement in disease Defects in ATP7A are the cause of Menkes disease (MNKD) [MIM:309400]; also known as kinky hair disease. [abcam.com]

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Sorsby Syndrome

الصفحة 351 - Menkes's kinky hair syndrome: an inherited defect in copper absorption with wide-spread effects. ‏ [books.google.com]

It is characterized by sparse, kinky hair; failure to thrive; and progressive deterioration of the nervous system. [checkrare.com]

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Neurodegenerative Disorder

The patient presents with history of neuroregression with characteristic kinky hair. MRI is the imaging modality of choice. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Gray matter diseases involvement without visceromegaly  Rett Syndrome  Neuronal curoid lipofuscinosis  Menke’s kinky hair disease 18.  Spasticity, optic atrophy, ataxia [slideshare.net]

( Hartnup Diseases-pellagra like skin rash, Menkes disease-kinky hair)  Examination of the spine- for associated complications (scoliosis)  Contractures of joints  Systemic [slideshare.net]

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Winchester Syndrome

hair disease shubharaophadke@gmail.com; sgpgigenetics@gmail.com BTD Biotinidase deficiency ashwindalal@gmail.com CHST3 CHST3 related disorder (SED- Omani) shubharaophadke [iamg.in]

hair) syndrome (4.1726) Mesomelic dwarfism (Nievergelt, Langer, Robinow) (.1529) Meyer dysplasia (.134) Monteggia fx dis 422.4222 Morel Lavellee .4911 Morquio syndrome (MPS [bonepit.com]

[…] gmail.com ASPA Canavan disease ashwindalal@gmail.com ATP7A Occipital horn syndrome; SMA TYPE V shubharaophadke@gmail.com; sgpgigenetics@gmail.com ATP-7A (Total exons 22) Menkey kinky [iamg.in]

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