Orphanet Rare Disease Ontology

Last uploaded: December 13, 2023
Preferred Name

Menkes disease

Synonyms

Menkes syndrome

Definitions

A rare congenital disorder of copper metabolism with severe multisystemic manifestations that are primarily characterized by progressive neurodegeneration and marked connective tissue anomalies. A pathognomonic feature is the typical sparse, abnormal steely hair.

ID

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_565

alternative_term

Menkes syndrome

Menkes kinky hair disease

MD

definition

A rare congenital disorder of copper metabolism with severe multisystemic manifestations that are primarily characterized by progressive neurodegeneration and marked connective tissue anomalies. A pathognomonic feature is the typical sparse, abnormal steely hair.

definition_citation

Orphanet

expertlink

https://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?lng=en&Expert=565

has_age_of_onset

Neonatal

has_inheritance

X-linked recessive

hasDbXref

ICD-11:5C64.0Y

ICD-10:E83.0

MeSH:D007706

MedDRA:10027294

OMIM:309400

UMLS:C0022716

label

Menkes disease

notation

ORPHA:565

part_of

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_309839

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_611314

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_225692

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_79367

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_68385

prefixIRI

ORDO:Orphanet_565

prefLabel

Menkes disease

present_in

Europe AND has_birth_prevalence_average_value : 0.33 AND has_birth_prevalence_range : 1-9 / 1 000 000

Japan AND has_birth_prevalence_average_value : 0.28 AND has_birth_prevalence_range : 1-9 / 1 000 000

Australia AND has_birth_prevalence_average_value : 2.5 AND has_birth_prevalence_range : 1-9 / 100 000

Worldwide AND has_point_prevalence_range : Unknown

treeView

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_309839

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_611314

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_225692

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_79367

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_68385

subClassOf

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_377788

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_557493

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