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Refsum's disease. A unique case
D F Jaffe1, K S Crezee, S Mason
1Phoenix Veterans Affairs Medical Center, AZ, USA.
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
|September 15, 1998
Abstract:
Refsum's disease, or heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis, is a peroxisomal disorder leading to the accumulation of phytanic acid throughout the body. It affects sensory and motor neurons and the skeletal system. Peripheral neuropathy, ataxia, blindness, deafness, and skeletal hyperostosis are significant findings used in the diagnosis of the disease.