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Complementation analysis in patients with the clinical phenotype of a generalised peroxisomal disorder.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Apr 1996
Steinberg S J, Fensom A H
Abstract excerpt
The generalised peroxisomal disorders (GPDs) Zellweger syndrome (ZS), neonatal adrenoleucodystrophy (NALD), and infantile Refsum's disease (IRD) are autosomal recessive disorders associated with a failure to assemble mature peroxisomes. We confirmed the diagnosis of a GPD in eight ZS and four IRD patients (GPD1 to GPD12) biochemically by measuring very long chain fatty acids, plasmalogen biosynthesis, and...
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