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Preferred term

Refsum Disease, Infantile  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An early onset form of phytanic acid storage disease with clinical and biochemical signs different from those of REFSUM DISEASE. Features include MENTAL RETARDATION; SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS; OSTEOPOROSIS; and severe liver damage. It can be caused by mutation in a number of genes encoding proteins involving in the biogenesis or assembly of PEROXISOMES.

Entry terms

  • Infantile Form of Phytanic Acid Storage Disease
  • Infantile Phytanic Acid Storage Disease
  • Infantile Refsum Disease
  • Infantile Refsum's Disease
  • Refsum Disease, Infantile Form
  • Refsum's Disease, Infantile

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-QSV8SCLW-L

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