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Chapter 5.3 - Chapter
from 5 - Hereditary and Genetic Causes of Stroke
Edited by Derya Uluduz, Istanbul Üniversitesi
Anita Arsovska
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Rare Causes of Stroke

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06 October 2022

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01 September 2022, pp 262-266
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Menkes disease (MD) is a rare and lethal infantile neurodegenerative multisystemic disorder of copper metabolism, inherited as an X-linked recessive trait. In classic MD, patients have a serious clinical progression, with death in early childhood. MD occurs due to mutations in the ATP7A gene. Initial MD diagnosis is pointed out by clinical features, namely, the distinctive hair, and supported by reduced serum copper and ceruloplasmin levels. Lysyl oxidase is a copper-dependent enzyme implicated in collagen and elastin cross-linking and vascular architecture formation. Dysfunction of this protein in MD leads to anomalous vessel structure and tortuosity. Both haemorrhagic and ischemic stroke have been reported. Bilateral ischaemic lesions in deep grey matter, or in the cortical areas, as consequence of brain infarcts have been documented. MD treatment is mostly symptomatic with parenterally or subcutaneous injections of copper-histidine Antithrombotic therapy may be considered

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