Infantile Refsum's disease (phytanic acid storage disease): a variant of Zellweger's syndrome?
1984; Wiley; Volume: 26; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1399-0004.1984.tb01107.x
ISSN1399-0004
AutoresA. Poulos, P. Sharp, M.J. Whiting,
Tópico(s)Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
ResumoThe activity of phytanic acid oxidase is low in infantile and adult Refsum's disease, and in the cerebro‐hepato‐renal (Zellweger's) syndrome. The plasma of patients with the infantile but not the adult form of Refsum's disease contains increased amounts of pipecolic acid and of at least two abnormal bile acids, one of which has been identified as 3α, 7α, 12α trihydroxy‐5β‐cholestan‐26‐oic acid. These changes are similar to those reported in the Zellweger syndrome and indicate that there may be similarities in the metabolic defects in Zellweger's syndrome and the infantile form of Refsum's disease.
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