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Case Reports in Radiology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 684309, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/684309
Case Report

Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome: A Rare Neurodegenerative Disease

Rozil Gandhi,1 Ritu Kakkar,2 Sajeev Rajan,2 Rashmi Bhangale,2 and Shrinivas Desai2

1Department of Radiology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
2Department of Radiology, Jaslok Hospital and Research Center, Mumbai 400026, India

Received 17 March 2012; Accepted 28 May 2012

Academic Editors: E. Kapsalaki and A. Matsuno

Copyright © 2012 Rozil Gandhi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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