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Novel mutations in the PEX2 gene of four unrelated patients with a peroxisome biogenesis disorder.
Pediatric research - 1 Mar 2004
Gootjes Jeannette, Elpeleg Orly, Eyskens François, Mandel Hanna, Mitanchez Delphine, Shimozawa Noboyuki, Suzuki Yasuyuki, Waterham Hans R, Wanders Ronald J A
Abstract excerpt
The peroxisome biogenesis disorders (PBDs) form a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of disorders due to defects in at least 11 distinct genes. The prototype of this group of disorders is Zellweger syndrome (ZS) with neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy (NALD) and infantile Refsum disease (IRD) as milder variants. Common to PBDs are liver disease, variable neurodevelopmental delay, retinopathy and perceptive...
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