Diagnosis/Prognosis and TreatmentNewborns born with Menkes disease show no symptoms after birth. Menkes disease probably won't be diagnosed until symptoms begin to appear when the baby is two or three months old. If there is a history of Menkes disease in the family, an early diagnosis can be made based on relatively simple blood tests. The test measures four different chemicals in the blood, and depending on their levels, the doctor/healthcare professional can accurately diagnose the presence of Menkes disease before symptoms appear. Normally to diagnose whether a patient has Menkes disease it is necessary to do a blood test to measure the levels. of copper and a copper-containing protein called ceruloplasmin is sorted into the blood. Low values ​​of copper and ceruloplasmin indicate Menkes disease but during the first six weeks in healthy newborns these values ​​are low and similar to those of newborns affected by Menkes disease. American researchers in an article published in the New England Journal on February 7, 2008 entitled Neonatal Diagnosis and treatment of Menkes disease demonstrate that it is possible...