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Novel PEX1 mutations and genotype-phenotype correlations in Australasian peroxisome biogenesis disorder patients.
Human mutation - 1 Nov 2002
Maxwell Megan A, Allen Tamara, Solly Pamela B, Svingen Terje, Paton Barbara C, Crane Denis I
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The peroxisome biogenesis disorders (PBDs) are a group of neuronal migration/neurodegenerative disorders that arise from defects in PEX genes. A major subgroup of the PBDs includes Zellweger syndrome (ZS), neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy (NALD), and infantile Refsum disease (IRD). These three disorders represent a clinical continuum with Zellweger syndrome the most severe. Mutations in the PEX1 gene, which encodes...
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