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Living-Donor Liver Transplantation From a Heterozygous Parent for Infantile Refsum Disease.
Pediatrics - 1 Jun 2016
Matsunami Masatoshi, Shimozawa Nobuyuki, Fukuda Akinari, Kumagai Tadayuki, Kubota Masaya, Chong Pin Fee, Kasahara Mureo
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Infantile Refsum disease (IRD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of peroxisome biogenesis characterized by generalized peroxisomal metabolic dysfunction, including accumulation of very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) and phytanic acid (PA), as well as decreased plasmalogen contents (PL). An effective therapy for this intractable disease has not been established, and only supportive management with...
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