China
Africa
Explore chapters and articles related to this topic
Cu, 29]
Published in Alina Kabata-Pendias, Barbara Szteke, Trace Elements in Abiotic and Biotic Environments, 2015
Alina Kabata-Pendias, Barbara Szteke
There are two well-known genetic diseases affecting Cu metabolism, Menkes and Wilson diseases. Menkes kinky-hair disease is a problem with Cu transport or absorption. Wilson’s disease is characterized by increased liver Cu content, leading to severe hepatic damage, followed by increased brain Cu levels and neurological problems. Menkes disease results in pathology resembling Cu deficiency, as opposed to the pathology of Wilson’s disease, which resembles Cu toxicity (Stern et al. 2007).
Biology of the Hair and Skin
Published in Randy Schueller, Perry Romanowski, Conditioning Agents for Hair and Skin, 2020
The cross-sectional shape of the hair fiber accounts for more than the degree of curl; It also determines the amount of shine and the ability of sebum to coat the hair shaft (50), Straight hair possesses more shine than kinky hair due to its smooth surface, allowing maximum light reflection and ease of sebum movement from the scalp down the hair shaft. The irregularly kinked hair shafts appear duller, even though they may have an intact cuticle, due to rough surface and difficulty encountered in sebum transport from the scalp, even though Negroid hair tends to produce more sebum.
Abusive head trauma in India: imaging raises the curtain
Published in International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 2022
Hima Pendharkar, Shumyla Jabeen, Nupur Pruthi, K. V. L. N Narasinga Rao, Dhaval Shukla, Nitish Kamble, Kavita V. Jangam, John Vijay Sagar Kommu, Thennarasu Kandavel, Senthil Amudhan
Understandably in children suspected of AHT, it is important to rule out other possibilities – the mimics of AHT (Christian & States, 2017; Mankad et al., 2019). In our study also we encountered cases where an alternate diagnosis might have been possible. There were two children where AHT was suspected on imaging; these children had deranged coagulation parameters but both had incomplete lab work up. Glutaric aciduria and Menke’s Kinky hair disease are important metabolic differential possibilities in the southern part of our nation given the sociocultural trends. In one child treated for mitochondrial disorder, a coexistent SDH should have raised the suspicion of AHT. However, a comprehensive work up for all these cases would have helped to rule out other differential diagnosis.