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Late-onset Zellweger spectrum disorder caused by PEX6 mutations mimicking X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Aug 2014
Tran Christel, Hewson Stacy, Steinberg Steven J, Mercimek-Mahmutoglu Saadet
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BACKGROUND: Zellweger spectrum disorder is an autosomal recessively inherited multisystem disorder caused by one of the 13 different PEX gene defects resulting in defective peroxisomal assembly and multiple peroxisomal enzyme deficiencies. We report a new patient with late-onset Zellweger spectrum disorder mimicking X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. PATIENT DESCRIPTION: This 8.5-year-old boy with normal development...
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