{"id":21230,"date":"2025-11-17T01:45:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/hastaliklar\/menkes\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T01:45:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:45:43","slug":"menkes","status":"publish","type":"hastaliklar","link":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/hastaliklar\/menkes\/","title":{"rendered":"Menkes Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Definition<\/h2>\n<p>Menkes disease is a rare disease characterized by neurological regression and characteristic hair, resulting from copper metabolism disorders.<\/p>\n<h2>Symptoms<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Frizzy, brittle hair<\/li>\n<li>Neurological decline<\/li>\n<li>Hypotonia<\/li>\n<li>Convulsions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Reasons<\/h2>\n<p>ATP7A gene mutation.<\/p>\n<h2>Diagnosis<\/h2>\n<p>Serum copper and ceruloplasmin, genetic testing.<\/p>\n<h2>Treatment<\/h2>\n<p>Copper histidinate.<\/p>\n<h2>Which Polyclinic Should You Apply To?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Metabolism Polyclinic<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>What to Do in an Emergency?<\/h2>\n<p>In case of status epilepticus, emergency services should be consulted.<\/p>\n<p><em>This page is for general information purposes only.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Definition Menkes disease is a rare disorder resulting from a copper metabolism disorder, characterized by neurological retardation and characteristic hair changes. Symptoms Curly, brittle hair Neurological retardation Hypotonia Convulsions Causes ATP7A gene mutation. Diagnosis Serum copper and ceruloplasmin, genetic testing. Treatment Copper histidinate. Which Clinic Should You Go To? Metabolism Clinic What to Do in an Emergency? In case of status epilepticus, go to the emergency room. [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Menkes Disease - Kahramanmara\u015f S\u00fct\u00e7\u00fc \u0130mam University Health Practice and Research Hospital","description":"Definition: Menkes disease is a rare disorder resulting from a copper metabolism disorder, characterized by neurological retardation and characteristic hair loss. Symptoms"},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21230","hastaliklar","type-hastaliklar","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hastaliklar\/21230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hastaliklar"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/hastaliklar"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hastaliklar\/21230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastane.ksu.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}