Cerebral MRI as a valuable diagnostic tool in Zellweger spectrum patients.

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Patients with defects in the biogenesis of peroxisomes include those with Zellweger syndrome spectrum (ZSS), a developmental and progressive metabolic disease with a distinct dysmorphic phenotype and varying severity. The diagnosis of ZSS relies on the clinical presentation and the biochemical evaluation of peroxisomal metabolites. Mutation detection in one out of twelve genes coding for proteins involved in the...

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