John H. Menkes dies at 79; doctor established UCLA's pediatric neurology program

Dr. John H. Menkes, the pediatric neurologist who identified Menkes disease, maple syrup urine disease and other congenital disorders of the neural system and established the pediatric neurology program at UCLA, died Nov. 22 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications of cancer. He was 79.

By Thomas H. Maugh II

November 29, 2008