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Publikováno v:
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 54:614-617
Five cases of heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis (HAP--Refsum's disease) were treated by serial plasma exchanges. In all patients a reduction in calorie intake and body weight had been associated with a rise in plasma phytanic acid, followed by
Autor:
A S, Wierzbicki, T C, Hardman, P, Lumb, A, Sankaralingam, Z, Morrish, F, Patel, M C, Sidey, F B, Gibberd
Publikováno v:
European journal of clinical investigation. 28(4)
Abnormal behaviour of the erythrocyte membrane sodium-lithium countertransporter (SLC) is associated with plasma triglyceride concentrations. Refsum's disease is characterized by progressive neurological dysfunction and accumulation of phytanic acid,
Refsum disease: the presentation and ophthalmic aspects of Refsum disease in a series of 23 patients
Publikováno v:
Eye (London, England). 6
Refsum disease (heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis) was first described in 1946 and is a rare recessively inherited metabolic disease affecting phytanic acid metabolism. It causes retinitis pigmentosa, cataracts, a chronic polyneuropathy, cerebe
Publikováno v:
The British journal of radiology. 63(751)
Refsum's disease is a rare inborn error of phytanic acid metabolism in which skeletal abnormalities are part of the clinical syndrome. The reported incidence of bone changes in patients with Refsum's disease varies widely and reflects the small serie
Publikováno v:
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 52:891-894
The presence of phytanic acid in tissues and plasma has been considered diagnostic of heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis (Refsum's disease), but recently slightly raised plasma phytanic acid levels have been reported in other conditions. Forty t